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Macron rejects left-wing government amid France’s political deadlock (www.aljazeera.com)
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The NFP, particularly the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI), has demanded for their right to form a government. The party argued that since it won the most seats, it should pick the new prime minister. It has chosen Lucie Castets, 37, as its candidate.

However, Macron’s party, along with the conservatives and the far right, have promised to vote no confidence in a left-wing government.

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[–] RubicTopaz@lemmy.world 58 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Isn't this basically a coup?

As always capitalists won't let real leftists come into power within their capitalist system, even if that means giving way to fascism. Revolution is the only way; winning an election is a bonus ad campaign.

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The left didn't get a majority, so it's just parliamentary politics. It's a bit unusual for France where the biggest party tends to form a government, but that's a political norm we would have been happy to see broken had the Rassemblement national done as well as everyone expected it to.

What is more problematic is that the Cabinet is not allowed to vote in parliamentary matters, which Macron needed in order to marginalize the left. So he fired his Cabinet, so that they formally returned to parliament and could vote. The problem is, of course, that they don't have any replacements, and their roles need to be filled. So now they're voting in parlament while continuing their duties, giving the sleezebag Gabriel Attal the title "Outgoing Prime Minister Gabriel Attal", but not changing anything of substance.

It's not constitutional, but the courts let it slide, because they're as terrified of the French left as Hindenburg was of the Social Democrats.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 months ago

It isn't norm, it happened two times during the 5th republic and both times government was formed with little problem. This now is a coup in progress.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If voting actually changed anything, they wouldn't let us do it.

[–] Sagittarii@lemm.ee 23 points 2 months ago

This. If you actually want positive change, go out and join a socialist org to take direct action. In capitalist states — specially imperial core ones — elections are just an ad campaign that won't bring any positive change for workers on its own.

Elections will, however, gradually shift to the far-right as long as liberals/capitalists are in power (see: overton window).

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The hard-left LFI reacted with fury, with its coordinator Manuel Bompard calling Macron’s comments an “unacceptable anti-democratic coup”.

Macron has previously called the LFI an “extreme movement” in an attempt to equate the far-left group with the far-right National Rally.

[–] Taalnazi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

LFI isn't hard left, nor far-left.

It's "normal" left. I say "" because in the past where you'd have more normal parties, they'd just be left of the mean, but nowadays are only normal because everyone else has turned insane.

So, let me rewrite it:

This decision was criticised by the LFI, with its coordinator calling Macron’s comments out as an anti-democratic coup.

The oligarch Macron has previously tried to slander the LFI as an “extreme movement” in an attempt to equate the centrist group with the far-right National Rally.