75 sats \ 16 replies \ @Undisciplined 9 Jun \ parent \ on: Earthquake in France: Macron dissolves parliament after catastrophic result news
So, they have to re-elect the entire parliament? If things are trending against him, why would that help?
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96 sats \ 2 replies \ @fanis 9 Jun
Nope: the French parliament has two chambers (Assemblée Nationale and Sénat). The President can only dissolve the Assemblée Nationale, and hence French people are only going to reelect this "half" of the Parliament (the Assemblée has 577 members, the Sénat 348).
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 9 Jun
Senate has more seats than I expected
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 9 Jun
Thank you for clarifying this.
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33 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK OP 9 Jun
I think he is, like Sunak, one of the rats that are leaving the EUSSR-Titanic now.
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55 sats \ 11 replies \ @carlosfandango 9 Jun
Yes. He has been called to do it every couple of months it seems. It’s a semi-bluff to the electorate which sometimes works: in the UK Boris Johnson called a snap election in 2019 and was given a large majority from a campaign for his European stance and an unpopular (socialist) opponent.
It’s ’this is what I stand for. This can’t go on. Back me or sack me’
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33 sats \ 10 replies \ @TomK OP 9 Jun
He's fleeing what's coming to the EU: an economical meltdown. Le Pen is against the Euro and illegal mass immigration and this movement is gaining momentum
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44 sats \ 5 replies \ @erict875 10 Jun
Macron wants to demystify the RN before the next presidential elections in 2027, knowing well that there's no way this inexperienced protest party can have any success with their socialist policies at fixing the current mess he's created over the years.
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23 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 10 Jun
That's interesting. It reminds of when the Republicans allowed the Green New Deal come up for a vote. It was such bad legislation that most of its sponsors voted against it.
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42 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 10 Jun
We needed to hearings before voting!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 10 Jun
*have hearings…
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @TomK OP 10 Jun
This is an interesting thought
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @erict875 10 Jun
Actually, not my analysis. I read it here (sorry, in French): https://www.contrepoints.org/2024/06/09/475843-europeennes-le-retour-de-la-politique
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55 sats \ 3 replies \ @carlosfandango 9 Jun
Hard not to agree…
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33 sats \ 1 reply \ @TomK OP 9 Jun
Until then, we can continue to enjoy the friendly smiles of Ursula von der Leyen and Christine Lagarde.
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 9 Jun
….smiling piranha slowly nibbling away at a disintergrating corpse…
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23 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK OP 9 Jun
Until then, we can continue to enjoy the friendly smiles of Ursula von der Leyen and Christine Lagarde.
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