Olivier Faure, the first secretary of the Socialist party (PS), said Macron’s decision to name Barnier PM put him in the far right’s pocket.
“Macron and his friends could have chosen not to punish the NFP, to let it govern while accepting it would have to compromise because it would not have an absolute majority. Instead, he preferred to put himself under the control of the RN,” Faure posted on X.
A poll by Elabe on Friday suggested 74% of French people thought Macron had disregarded the election result with 55% saying they believed he had stolen the vote. At the same time, 40% said Barnier was a good choice for PM.
In his first interview on Friday, Barnier said his administration would include conservatives, as well as members of Macron’s centrist party, and said he “did not exclude” having ministers from the left.
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Feels like the French people have been getting fucked around the last few years.
Find out when?
How is this Canadian news? It’s about France.
You’d think he’d have learned a lesson after shitting the bed by calling an election…
Macron really wanted the far right to win.
He’s going to get his wish as leftists sit the next one out.
All eyes are going to be on Harris, if she wins. That’ll set the tone: will it be more rainbow-painted wealth extraction, or are they going to try to actually help people who don’t have millions of dollars already.
