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"Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has announced that he is dissolving the national assembly, and calling for legislative elections on June 30 and July 7.

The French president said that he can’t pretend nothing has happened, that the outcome of the EU election is not good for his government and that the rise of nationalists is a danger for France and Europe."

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[-] kescusay@lemmy.world 277 points 5 months ago

Hey, uhh, Europe? Can we talk?

Look, I know the way the left has been handling immigration has you upset, but could you please take a closer look at the absolute freaks you're electing today?

I mean, just take a good look at the United States, circa 2017 through 2020. Did we look like electing an absolute freak worked out for us? Did it fix our own immigration problems? Did it make electing your own Donald Trumps look like a good idea?

[-] cyd@lemmy.world 30 points 5 months ago

The recent success of the European far right is precisely because they've revised their image to get rid of the freakshow aspects. The days when you could dismiss these people just by calling them "absolute freaks" are over.

[-] kescusay@lemmy.world 39 points 5 months ago

But the freakiness is still 100% present in their platforms and ideologies. They're just dressing nicer now.

[-] CH3DD4R_G0BL1N@sh.itjust.works 30 points 5 months ago

Unfortunately, “decorum” is really the only thing keeping some folks from hopping on board those movements, not the policies themselves.

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