Western Politics--Are Stealth Coups The New Normal?

We seem to be seeing all sorts of gambits by the Anglo-Franco-Zionist establishment to circumvent rule by the people, or the election of representatives chosen by the people. Admittedly, electoral democracy has a rather dodgy track record, but one prefers some semblance of transparency. Arnaud Bertrand takes a look at what’s going on in France, which is pretty remarkable by any standards. To all normal appearances, Macron seems to be simply refusing to acknowledge or accept the results of the election that he himself called.

Remember. Macron is the president, and runs foreign policy. The prime minister is nominated by the president but approaved by parliament, or whatever it’s called in France.

Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand

Quite an incredible move in French politics today that might reveal that we're in fact witnessing nothing less than a coup by Macron.

Let me explain 

5:33 PM · Aug 24, 2024

You'll remember that on the 7th of July France held elections that Macron lost badly, and which the left's "New Popular Front" won.

We're now 48 days afterwards and Macron and his government are still running the country, they've basically ignored the election results which is unprecedented in the history of the French 5th republic.

Normally, as is the rule set by precedents, Macron should have nominated a Prime Minister from the New Popular Front, the winners of the elections

At first Macron argued that it wasn't convenient to change government right before the Olympics games and argued for an "Olympics truce".

Which is a bit bizarre because he's the one who decided to hold the elections right before the Olympics

Anyhow we're now almost 2 weeks after the end of the Olympics and the situation is still the same so everyone is started to ask "wtf?"

Especially given that the New Popular Front has a Prime Minister ready: Lucie Castets, a senior public servant.

Now the excuse by Macron's camp is that they refuse a government with anyone from LFI ("France's unbowed", Mélenchon's party), the main party on the left and therefore the main party in the New Popular Front coalition (Lucie Castets is not from LFI but some ministers could be).

Macron has been demonizing LFI in a very similar fashion to the way Jeremy Corbyn was demonized in the UK, with accusations of antisemitism for their support of Gaza.

Is that a clue?

Except that unlike Corbyn, LFI doesn't bow - they're "France unbowed" after all - and fight back the accusations

Which brings me to what happened this morning, an incredible gamble by Mélenchon who asked an open question to Macron: "Say we committed to no LFI members in the government, would you nominate Lucie Castets Prime Minister?"

This forces Macron's hand: if he says "no", as Mélenchon himself wrote, it'd show that Macron's refusal to have LFI in the government is "just a pretext to deny the election results".

In effect if he says no, he openly admits that he just doesn't accept the election results.

Olivier Faure, who leads the Socialist party (the other big political force in the New Popular Front) backs up Mélenchon and says the "pretext of the presence of LFI ministers" isn't valid anymore.

In a way a New Popular Front government without LFI would in itself a denial of democracy because most voters voted for them *because* LFI was part of the coalition.

But this is also an act of political courage by Mélenchon and a way to put Macron in front of his contradictions.

We've already had some of Macron's lieutenants reply such as Benjamin Haddad (former spokesperson for Macron's party in the French parliament) who literally says that a New Popular Front gvt is unacceptable either way because it'd be bad for France.

They get to decide this?

One could argue that any government selected by the French electorate would be “bad for France”, much as is the case in most Western countries, but the question “who decides?” remains. The answer seems to be: Not the people. But what if the people claim a right to respond?

Let's see what Macron ultimately does but we're truly witnessing something extraordinary that demonstrates how undemocratic France has become: the people voted and the result of their vote is so far simply rejected because those holding power don't like it...

TrashDiscourse @TrashDiscourse

Let me get this straight. Correct me if I’m wrong because I’m an American and I have a lot of stuff going on.

Marine Le Pen wins in Brussels at the EU, this puts Macron into overdrive to hold snap elections in France, before the Le Pen coalition can mobilize, then these two groups [Socialists and LFI?] join forces to defeat Le Pen and Macron and now one of the groups who mobilized to win is being snuffed out, and they still won’t seat a new PM, no matter if I like or not, is that correct?

8:20 PM · Aug 24, 2024

Arnaud Bertrand

@RnaudBertrand

Yes, that's basically it

Actually LFI withdrew many candidates to block the RN so had they not done that both they and the RN would have more MPs, to Macron's and the Républicains' detriment.

The UK and the US have other ways of circumventing the people, and Germany and Italy do, too. How long will this continue? Who’s calling the shots—I mean, really? Macron doesn’t strike me as a latter day Napoleon, except maybe in physical stature. Nor do any of the other empty suits occupying executive positions in Western governments strike me as powerful figures who can impose their will against opposition. What are we slouching toward—Gomorrah?