Monday, June 10, 2024

Macron Calls Snap National Elections

After his party got bitch-slapped in voting for the European Parliament,

The president has challenged voters to test the sincerity of their support for the far right in European elections. Were the French letting off steam, or did they really mean it?

I think it’s a brilliant political gambit—IF IT WORKS. 

 “It’s not the same election, not the same form of ballot, and not the same stakes,” said Jean-Philippe Derosier, a professor of public law at the University of Lille. 

That’s why I think it will work.