Posted on 06/09/2024 1:44:06 PM PDT by Cronos
France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, has said he intends to dissolve parliament and call snap legislative elections in the wake of his allies’ crushing defeat to the far right National Rally (RN) in Sunday’s European parliament elections. ...Macron’s centrist list was on course to score between 14.8% and 15.2% of the vote, less than half of RN’s tally of 31.5%-33% and only just ahead of the Socialist list on 14%.
“At the end of this day, therefore, I will not be able to act as if nothing has happened,that is why … I have decided to give you the choice of our parliamentary future again, by voting.”
...Exit polls indicated that the hard-right populists had also expanded their share of the vote in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands.
Although the centre-right alliance appeared to have taken a decisive lead in Germany, exit polls indicated the far-right Alternative für Deutschland had made significant gains, while governing Greens and Social Democrats had slumped.
Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union, now in opposition, was on course for 29.5% of the vote, while the AfD had jumped to 16.5% from 11% in 2019.
...Social Democrats slid to 14%, worse than its weakest ever result in 2019, according to the exit poll. The Greens, who came second in 2019 with 20.5%, were knocked down to fourth place with 12 %-12.5%.
...In Austria, meanwhile, the far-right Freedom party was forecast to have come top, with a projected 27%, ahead of the conservative People’s party and the Social Democrats, on 23.5% and 23% respectively.
In the Netherlands Geert Wilders’ far-right party was running a close second behind a Left-Green alliance. The Freedom party looked set to win 17.7% of the vote, while the Left-Green alliance, led by the former EU Commission vice-president, Frans Timmermans, was on 21.6%.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Will Emmanuel Macron be an election denier?
“I guess Macron losing France’s African colonies to the Russians has the French establishment in a snit and Macron is gone.”
Maybe flying the Gay Flag at his embassies in conservative African countries was not the brightest idea for Macron, as we’re also learning, the hard way, in the US.
New world order circling the toilet?
Le Pen should.be picking out new drapes for the Elysee Palace.
And right before the Olympics, too.
Far right = Moderate Democrats...
Center of the Communist Party.
Isn’t some of this based on exit polls?
France —
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