'Ultimate threat': French centrists, leftists drop out of 200 races to block far right path to power
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- Опубликовано: 1 июл 2024
- French President Emmanuel Macron called for snap legislative polls immediately after his camp received a thrashing in European polls. Yet his gamble appears to have backfired dramatically, with the far-right National Rally (RN) of Marine Le Pen scoring a historic victory in the first round with more than 10.6 million votes. Faced with the prospect of the far right taking power in France for the first time since the country's occupation by Nazi Germany during World War II, Macron's camp and the left have urged a broad "Republican Front" to stop the anti-immigration and eurosceptic party of Le Pen. The rivals are hoping that putting their differences aside ahead of the runoff with tactical withdrawals will prevent the RN winning an absolute majority of 289 seats in the 577-seat National Assembly. As Macron and the French left scramble to block the far right from their possible ascent to power, FRANCE 24's Nadia Massih is joined by Christopher Weissberg, French politician (Renaissance) and outgoing Deputy in the National Assembly. He represents French citizens living in North America.
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France needs a new start, macron is finished
The Fourth Reich
The final straw was Marcon’s pledge to send French troops to Ukraine. Balloon-headed move. Very foolish.
@@robertlee6338Islamist??
Yes, it does; but the National Rally is ABSOLUTELY NOT the answer!
@@Вивсівідстійyeah, that was definitely a misguided intention (on his part).
Most voters absolutely hate being told how to vote. Some might vote Right juat out of spite toward Macron
@@vide-yo3336 @vide-yo3336 Well, I would argue that the campaign season is about giving them choices and trying to persuade them to vote rather than telling them who to vote for regardless of how they feel. I do think there are many left-wing voters in France who will refuse to vote for a Centrist candidate and vice versa, but we'll have to see on Sunday.
yall think voting for right/far right is getting them but they couldnt be more happy. Le Pen won and the stock market went up, cuz they know it means more profits for them. they know how i''di0ts think, they trick you into voting for exactly what they want while you think youre voting against what they want
What kind of a "centrist" is Macron if him and his party immediately ally themselves with the far left over the "far-right" when there's a potential conflict?
Macron is denying the birth of Fourth Reich
He is a psychopath and a dictator!
wouldn't it be easier to do a better job governing the country?
Macron's failures brought this on. He caused the popularity of the Right
I don't understand why these people now saying we have to stop national rally when french people want them
If you served people well in past
This will not happened
And a media is happily been used.
25% of the people
Why are you lying ?
Only around 34% actually "" WANT "" RN . The rest didn't vote or does NOT want RN.
@@mysticmarble94 nonsenses that's how the system works. nobody in france have a majority of the votes just because the have a majority in parliament.
The majority (70%) don’t want the National Rally.
As a centrist voter, you can't say the far right is bad without saying the far left is just as bad.
That's your opinion
@@perseuspersikus6830 Left-wing political ideology has killed far more people throughout history than right-wing political ideology. That's not an opinion. It's a fact.
And they want you to turn into political zombie.
They do say the far left is bad, listen to their panel debates, they rail on the far left just as much. The difference is that the far left doesn't lean towards nationalism and authoritarianism like the National Rally does, something which is antithetical to France's history.
@@perseuspersikus6830that makes a ton of sense.
Cheering for RN, France desperately needs this change!
You're a fascist then and you cheer for chaos . Damn vatnik.
100%agree!!!
Putin agrees 100% too!@@MilenaBlazanovic-oq2iy
"Far" Right = The Right
No the right is macron. The far-right is le pen, h¡t|€r, AfD, etc...
Calling these parties “far right” is the worst case of misinformation and arrogance from media I’ve seen in my lifetime.
That's what they call themselves
RN was founded by Jean Marie Le Pen, a holocaust denier
@@perseuspersikus6830that’s not what they call themselves. Don’t lie.
@@nikanton819 they're far right stop crying fascisti.
It's important to understand that the term "far right" isn't just a casual label; it refers to a set of political ideologies and movements characterised by extreme nationalism, authoritarianism, and often a rejection of democratic principles. These ideologies typically involve a strong sense of national identity, sometimes coupled with xenophobia, and a desire to maintain or return to traditional social norms and values. They may also include opposition to globalisation, populist rhetoric against political elites, and the promotion of conspiracy theories. Understanding this context helps clarify why the term is used and what it represents in political discourse.@@nikanton819
Typical centrist. Zero decisive abilities. Just trying to hold on to a job and some relevance. Pure politician who'd not stand on any principle.
If the majority of people are voting for a set of policies, those policies are no longer far right. Especially if that set of policies would have been judged as common sense by all of human history.
What policies? The front national has always been unpopular. People now are having hard times with their personal finances and they are offering them n@z¡ "solutions".
It is pure hatred being marketed as patriotism.
Unfortunately, France 24 is a far-left mouthpiece. Not a serious news organisation.
The center should have closed the borders. That would have been the way to victory !
R u scurred if the queer?
Macron's administration passed the hardest immigration law in French history.
Only North Korea have its borders closed. Hardly an example to follow.
As a gimmick before the EU elections @@eurobonapartiste
Wouldn't have worked. You can't outflank RN from the right as a centrist neoliberal anti-populist
Seeing all those parties close ranks and suddenly stop fighting feels telling.
You wouldnt think parties that really disagree would put aside their differences so easily.
Power hunger and greedy assholes .
As a leftist, I'm stoked. It's refreshing to see all of these parties join forces.
Le Pen 2024 She is very intelligent and she will work for the people of France
Did you test her IQ yourself or something ?
She is your typical xenophobic voice. She will run the country into the edge of a cliff and then tip it off.
I wonder why they want to privatize public media.... I can't think of anything off the top of my head. Let me just watch the rest of this video, oh right, that's why.
It's basically a publicly funded left wing propaganda machine.
"Whoever controls the media controls the mind." said Jim Morrison, an American rocker who died who died at 27 in Paris.
When you privatize news, you get The Sun.
Private media is important so that the government does not control most of information channels. Public media is important so that for profit entities do not control most of information channels. We have both in France. The one who wants to get rid of either of those is not a friend of freedom of press and of opinion.
Democracy à la carte and all these when Donald Trump is coming.
Stop interfering with democracy! If you don't want to lose then don't lose touch with your voters.
The only sanity left is far right
Go France! What is wrong with loving your Country culture, people, religion.
It’s all about power. The RN love power and will do everything to hold to it at the cost of France. Everyone who loves the country, culture, people, and religion should vote against those folks.
Are you saying only people who vote for the RN love their country and culture?
Patriotism is not the same as nationalism.
@@soundscape26 Macron said "there is no French culture, there is a culture in France".
The far left proving the 'far right' right again.
When was it right the last time?
@@vide-yo3336 First there was your extremist far left mass-murdering Communism, still trying to make a comeback. Later came your extremist far left ‘we will control you’ woke DEI religion. Y’all need to stop blaming the electorate for the left’s appalling crimes and failings.
Gee, imagine the right wanting to privatize this service which is such a beacon of neutral and unbiased reporting.
The RN want to privatize a government funded media outlet that is blatantly left leaning? That doesn't sound like a good use of public funds. Fear mongering that Ruppert Murdoch types are going to take over the world is not a basis for publicly funding socialist thought.
So your parties ideology is threatened by something as simple as words spoken on television ?
@@mysticmarble94propaganda is and always has been one of the most powerful tools of war 🤡
@@mysticmarble94 Why should part of the public be forced to pay for a service that is explicitly against their side?
Waiting for the privatization of the BBC
Very unbiased public channel... And the eu is criticizing media freedom in Hungary lol
So you are having to resort to dirty tactics and manipulation because you are losing hands down. Not democratic at all and ultimately the issues causing massive support for the RN are not going away.
This type of concession is normal for how parliamentary systems work.
Blessings for France and its citizens
France could be so nice without the French
@@daikucoffee5316 Oh wow. I'm not French, but you are disgusting. Congrats.
@@daikucoffee5316France would be 💯 better without Islam
Why aren't they called "far left"?
Do you see any trade unions there?
UK supports RN.
In your dreams!
Maybe the 15% that wants farage 😅
@@suchisthismystery2814clearly more people agree with him than you 🤡
She can't even form a meaningful sentence. And now she is being hailed as the saviour of the french people.
I would have never thought that I will witness the decline of France and Europe in general in such a comedic fashion.
It's a amazing the media use terminology like far right and far left
You're quite easily amazed, wimpie.
So. When are the Olympics?
There will be no Olympics this year 😂
1936
If the 'far right' get in and life for the French improves, then what?
Saying openly and honestly what most French people think has nothing to do with being “ dangerous for democracy or country “!!!
Even if I am German and our electricity prices will continue to rise because France will then withdraw from the European electricity market, I hope that RN wins.
Élites rooting for popular front, that makes you think.
Attal: “I’m secondary”. That sounds right
We fight for Democracy until people vote the wrong way. Then we need to do everything to stop Democracy. You guys embody the "are we the baddies" joke.
Who is stopping democracy? They are joining forces to save democracy.
Politics in France are unintelligible to an outsider.
The contest is between Left, Centre and Far-Right.
What happened to the Right?
How did the Left and/or Centre manage to so crush it that it couldn't even field any candidates?
I would say "Extreme Left, Far Left, Left, and Centre Left against the RN", which is the only party large enough to support a coherent government.
I might not like Le Pen, but I fully understand that any other option, after the first round, would become total Anarchy. This poriyica Barricade deos not agree on literally ANYTHING except their hate for RN, which is NOT a political platform to begin with.
France is one of the very few countries in the whole world who had a real liberal /socialist revolution (need for progress). The others had a more "natural", normal evolution. Supposedly the fundamental (religious) right migrated toward far right because of the imperial history of France and it's consequences. The center right is liberal and there is also a socialist center left. The social liberals (very numerous and powerful in Europe) are the only ones close to the center left. The libertarians showed not to be at all leaning towards left but looks like because their market is at Left.
@@eedragonr
My comment was sarcastic.
@@jackburgess8579we will see if sarcasm may still work
How can you keep a man who can't match jacket and tie colours as Prime Minister of France?
So the right in France are united and the left are splintered?
Quite the opposite, the new popular front contains pretty much all left wing parties. The right is split between le republican, renaissance the presidents party, the national front and reconquest.
The left is split by the mainstream media.
@@Edmuresrampantmanhood-dp3jd
The fact that you think Le Republican and Renaissance are right wing parties shows that you have lost your mind.
@@jackburgess8579 The fact you dispute it proves you never had a brain, but I forgive you for it. Being born without a brain has to be incredibly tough.
@@Edmuresrampantmanhood-dp3jdso you are going to trash more shops next weekend 😂?
It doesn’t matter what that politician believes. If it is the will of the voters to vote them in, then they should be allowed to. Your belief is irrelevant because you are supposed to represent the will of the voters. 🤦♂
Macron were not having the luck after Brexit that Scotland broke away from England and rejoined the EU and get cheap energy from it.
Make France ☪️ancer Free Again. Marine Le Pen & Jordan Bardella all the way. Vive La France 🇨🇵.
“eXtReMe RiGhT” 😂🤡
Yes. Xenophobes and racists
New way of calling right.😅
Farrrrrrrr right- if we say it once more , perhaps they won’t win 😬🤡🤡
What a mess! Macron really made a bad gamble, or so it seems at this point! As an outsider rather funny to watch... and I heard a commentator on cbc say the liberals in canada should have a snap election in the fall hahaha
Trying to block a party that has gained such a popular support amongst its people - for very good reason - shows what bad losers these other parties truly are - a bunch of undemocratic lying hypocrites !!!
You mean blocking them by democratic vote is undemocratic
Next elections RN will be 51% thanks to the centrist and left morons 😂
According to this man,anti-Semites not too bad,far right very bad, what does that tell you?all forms of bigotry should be considered as bad, period!
Anyone noticed that there is a war
Macron knowing English has not helped him in any way.
What your doing is undemonstrative this is a chess move if the majority of the French people want marie le pen that’s 😂hat the people want you are not listening to the people
Centrist politicians lean left but a majority of their voters are on the right of center
Why did he brand the "national front "?
On the left "we don't " from the presenter ..
Please explain how the left is less anti-Jewish than the right!!!!
Criticizing the government of israel is not antisemitism...
every time when I hear "antisemitism" I think why do they forget the word Anti Zionism. this is playing with terms to confuse public.
Weak always unite to fight the strongest one😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Do everything who can to stop Le Pen and Bardella!
The macron nakba😂
People decide to vote against u, no matter what tactical alliance u, made it hardly matter, u will see many macron centrist voter shifting to RN in second round
Neither Can say I understand French governance nor do i have knowledge of its recent relevant political struggles. Nonetheless, as the events are reported in this broadcast -- it seems France (its people) demonstrate a democratic process admirably well. It is messy but it is not a wreak.
Good luck from copenhagen :)
It's means Far Right vs Far Left 😂
The US rep is quite unimpressive.
Those calling for closing their borders shoukd slso call for their people to stay home within their own country instead of going and messing about other countries...very simple to understand!
So you call the left as left and the right as far right. That is being blatantly bias because you endorse the far left. 😅
Who is this far-left host? Sounds like a far-left activist.
Unfair
traitors
How long are they going to keep this up, it is unsustainable.
Arrogance before a fall……..
These measures wouldn't be needed with ranked choice voting.
Free Tibet ✊🏻🇫🇷
If he loose his job , I believe he’s still keeping a paycheck and others perks for life .
What a democracy
No sympathy.
Who,s the anchor ???
It's always the Shem "mites" isn't it?
If they withdrawing why they Contested
If le penn is far right . What was hitler??
Likewise far right, only to a much more extreme end of that political spectrum.
He was far right with an edge.
Now I understand why the French should think TWICE.
More fascism is not what the world needs. This is sad to hear.
I agree. The Far-Left currently in power needs to go.
France has no fascism
The only fascism I see in Europe is from the left.
Independent fact checkers disagree.
My hair is driving me Sarah Jessica Parker crazy today, what about you?
I can't do a thing with it.
Keep labeling those who call out Israel for what it does as Anti-Semitic … and call yourself media
American watching from the State of Rhode Island in the U.S.-regular viewer of what is always excellent content-always interesting. Expressing much hope that the citizenry does not elect a far right leader-put your hearts and minds in gear France! 😇