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Barnier has been appointed after Macron repeatedly stalled on appointing a new prime minister.

He's a member of the Sarkozy Gaullist conservative party The Republicans that managed to muster a stunning result of under 7% of votes in the most recent elections.

I don't wanna say I told you so but I did comment "Wer hat uns verraten" about this situation a little while back and whaddaya know - Macron has just had his Paul von Hindenburg moment.

Shit's about to kick off. Let's hope that May 1968 was just the practice run for the French people and this time around they're gonna pull it off.

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[-] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 68 points 1 month ago

And his reason not to nominate Castet got leaked: she wanted to get rid of his retirement reform.

He shat on democracy and our political traditions, wiped his ass with the constitution and is making us look at it and smell it.

Fuck him

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 32 points 1 month ago
[-] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

Send him a strongly worded email? Seems a bit much really.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 52 points 1 month ago

Actual leftists would highlight this obvious betrayal to the masses and use it as a tool to force Macron out of power.

Let's see if they're libs (not holding breath)

[-] HamManBad@hexbear.net 40 points 1 month ago

This is the kind of situation Melenchon could only have dreamed of. His coalition self-sacrificed to help stop the right, they were very obviously screwed over by Macron in such a historic dick move that I'm seeing it on my local news in the middle of bumfuck USA, and now he doesn't have to tie himself to Macron's sadistic neoliberal agenda in a governing coalition. I'm no expert in French politics but I would bet this makes him a pretty strong contender for the presidency if he plays his cards right

[-] bazingabrain@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago

I’m sorry to disappoint but unless you’re friends with business interests and lobbyists, you are never getting into the Élysée. Look at Mitterand for a parallel.

[-] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

Lmao, he's going to get ratfucked and then politely pour his coalition down the drain.

[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 35 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I believe they’ve filed to impeach Macron and called for protests but that’s entirely based on what people have said on Hexbear and I’m American so idk how that’s going

[-] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 33 points 1 month ago

They're talking about it but the media will turn it on its head and call them extremists that want to destroy democracy

[-] Chronicon@hexbear.net 19 points 1 month ago

they'll do that regardless. I see media already framing them as extreme left wing Trump analogs, saying the election was "stolen"

Doesn't mean they shouldn't go for it.

[-] Justice@lemmygrad.ml 45 points 1 month ago

You have done the liberal democracy thing

Right wingers are trying to ignore the people

You either give up or make them listen

Let's see how based the French actually are vs what they claim... standing by...

[-] Gorillatactics@hexbear.net 43 points 1 month ago

The Socialist party is still recovering from a near-death experience after former president François Hollande embraced supply-side economics and labour market reform,

No specified reforms, just reforms in general.

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 34 points 1 month ago

shocked-pikachu you're telling me liberals will side with fascists at the first chance they get?!

[-] jackmarxist@hexbear.net 24 points 1 month ago
[-] Hexboare@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

um excuse me your idiom isn't technically correct b̴̼̫͊̾e̶̦̠̽c̵̛̗͔̆a̶̛̠̎ù̵̩̲s̵̼̈͝e̸̦̟̿̚ ẉ̶̲̘̠̺̉̆e̴̥̊́͂̓t̸̟͓͇͓̀̂͐̌̉̒n̴̛̲̊̂̀e̵̡̡̱̯͈͙̭̽̆̋̈́s̵̡̮͉̈́͋͗̎̒̏ŝ̴̨͍̤̩̽̑̆̋̄̍̏͜͝ i̵̧̧̛͎̪̻͙̺̭̟̟̩̖̰͈͇͑̃̄̐͒̈͌̾͗͂̃̈̈̈́͗̍̈́͛͝s̵̛̯͎̦̑̽͛̽͂̐̋̈́̏̇̈́̽̿̌͆̎̀̾͗͒̔̕ d̵͎̹̦̦̟͂̿̿̒̄͑̆͑̈̿́͘ȩ̷̢̣̜̦̯͓̺̹̉͋̀̾͑̒͑̈́̈̔̃͌͝f̸̣͖̘̱̯͎͎̑͊̌̈́͋̂̿̋̔̇̌͛̈́̿̒͆̿̓̎̎̓̓̽́̽̓͒̆̊̎̾̽̕̚͝͝͝i̷̢̢̧̛͕̜̺̼̣̩͈͍̻̬͉̹͍̫͔͎̰̜͎͕̙̹͎̙̟͙̠̘͍̙̭̩̙̼̐͂̎̀̎̆́̀̍̒̔͒̓͂̍̌̔́̍̈́͑̋́͌͐̀̋͂̊̕͠ͅn̴̨̢̮͔̝̦͓̹͓͈̫͍̘͉̘̝͆̊̈́̈́͒͐̄̔̂̀̿̈́̓̓̍̈͌͂͌̇̉̍̓͊͆͝͝ḛ̶̌̆̇̅̋̈́͊́̑̊̍̈́́̔̌́͝͠ḑ̵̡̢͉̣͚̠̟̩̙̗̣̟̼͚̗̺̦̟̩͍̹̺̤̭͈̖̭̝̱͙̬̙͔̱̹̳̎͗̓̑̾̎̿͜ͅ ̶̡̡̼̣͉͔͓̤͍̰̮͎̰͍͎̝͚̼͓̝̪̙̹̒̋̏̃̔̔́͌́̾̈̆̎͘͘̕͘͠͠͝ą̶̨̖̱͙͎͍̬͙̯̺̳̞͎͔̖͔͔̖̘̞͙̖̪̗̥͖̜͔̄̍͂̌̄̄͋͑̑̐̓̿̒͋͗̓̃̌̈̍̀̂̀͘͝ͅś̵̢̢̛̛͚̩͙̲̯͖͚̰̝̥͉͖̗̲̤̯̻͖͚̣̗͚̥̺̬̣͖̱͔̮͙̠̩͗͂͂̊̆͆̀͂̌̆̒͂͂̿̆̒̓̌̽̽̽͒̆̊͂͊͑̉̊̃̑̒̀̎́̕͘̕͘ͅ ̷̨̢̡̧̩̠̝̜͇͔͔͕̥̞̝͍͙̳͙̖̜̲͍̟̫̔́̀͆̐̎̎̑̆̓̚̕͜͜t̵̨̡̙͖̼̥̞͖̹͚̹̙͕̩̞̠͇̝̼̖̺̻̭̜̗̖̩͍̰̘͖͔͚̣̖̤̣̄̓̒͘͝ͅh̵̨̨̢̛͖̻̳̬̜̹̝̰̣͉̥̳̩̫̜̠̤̥̦̳͓̘̞̘͚̘̤́̈́̈́̋͌̕̕͝ͅͅḙ̸̡̢̧̦̫͉͈͚̝̻̗͈̘̻͖̥̙̬̣̻̇̒͆̇͊̈́̅̆̃̃͐̏̇̀̐̓̽̑͝͠ͅ

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago

"Don't worry Von Papen will save me from the Nazis"

[-] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

"If we vote him into power we can push him left!!"

[-] bazingabrain@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I’m going to be dead in 3 years. Oh well! C’est la vie.

[-] beef_curds@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

I genuinely don't know enough about how France actually works. Will this kind of thing spark mass protest and maybe have a backlash that makes the Left coalition stronger? Or do they just lay down like so many other movements?

[-] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Honestly of all the European countries, the French throw a protest unlike almost anyone else.

They are super territorial about labour rights, which I have nothing but respect for, and they'll create barricades and flip cars and burn shit if they're dissatisfied with what's going on in parliament.

Given that Macron is trying to push through reforms to erode pensions and he's been stalling on appointing a prime minister for quite a long time, and now he's betrayed the left coalition with his appointment, I would expect a lot of rage to spill out onto the streets of France.

For reference, the French government spent like a billion dollars to make the Seine river (allegedly) safe to swim in again for the first time in like 100 years. The French people were pissed off about this huge waste of money just to show off for the Olympics. I think the mayor of Paris committed to swimming in the Seine in the lead-up as a photo op and to instill confidence that the Seine was safe. The French people started to plot a protest of shitting in the Seine right before the mayor was going to swim in it and people even started to coordinate for when to shit at which points in the river to ensure the maximum effect.

Even if nobody took a shit in the Seine in protest, the fact that the option was on the table and considered viable to the point where people put in serious effort to coordinate says a lot about the French people's readiness to protest.

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