Happy Fathers Day: Macron Loses Absolute Majority
While Macron’s coalition (Ensemble) is still by far the largest single bloc in the French National Assembly, it has lost its absolute majority (289 needed). My understanding, subject to correction, is that the results (below) are a disappointment for Macron—not simply for having lost an absolute majority but for having lost the majority pretty convincingly. On the other hand, the Left (Nupes) is probably equally disappointed, appearing to have underperformed their hopes after the first round. The Right (RN), while still a distant third, appears to have overperformed, reaching the top range of predictions and establishing a new historic level of representation:
No doubt we’ll be hearing more in a few days. The overall result, one way or another, is likely to be that Macron will face increased difficulties in pursuing a globalist agenda. This at a time when the Atlanticist bloc of nations is clearly fracturing, with the major Western European nations looking for some sort of exit from the war with Russian that the Anglosphere has pushed. For an overall rundown of French political parties: List of political parties in France.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/06/19/macron-to-lose-parliamentary-majority-according-to-projections/
"A new coalition — made up of the hard left, the Socialists and the Greens — is projected to become the main opposition force with about 150 to 200 seats.
"The far-right National Rally is projected to register a huge surge with potentially more than 80 seats, up from eight before."
What's interesting here is that there had been talk that up to 40% of Le Pen supporters would vote for the Left to thwart Macron, but that doesn't appear to be the case, given the Right's huge surge.
As mentioned by others, Biden's regime change policy may have been directed at Russia, but he seems to have pointed the weapon backwards as regime change looks likelier in Europe, the UK and, if electoral fraud can be overcome, in the US mid-terms.
"Globalist" vs "nationalist" would be a better/more useful partitioning of elected (whether legitimately or fraudulently) representatives than party affiliation. Of course one of the issues in the EU and in the US is the enormous number and power of unelected yet nonetheless powerful bureaucrats, which I believe Mark has written about.
That reminds me, I have not yet thanked Mark for the hard work he puts in here. This is a must-read site for me, as his ability to synthesize a wide range of topics in a coherent and meaningful manner is impressive and greatly appreciated. I forward articles on occasion but to the best of my knowledge that has not created any new subscribers, but I will keep trying.