Finishing "third place" with 50 parlementarian more than before, and a minority big enough to block any left wing measure isn't a blow. It's a quasi victory
I'm glad that freedom loving people in France put two and two together after the RN wins in EP elections. Leftists finally found a bit of unity knowing that the consequences of a divided left front would usher in the right wing.
Macron didn't accept the resignation offer from PM Attal, but it's totally Macron's fault for putting France in this unstable position, just in time for les Jeux Olympiques.
One expert in French politics told Newsweek that the election has "deepened polarization" in France, while another said that Macron has been left "weakened."
However, the country at the heart of Europe and NATO has been plunged into the uncertainty of a hung parliament with no grouping gaining a majority.
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who is planning to resign later Monday, said that France is facing an "unprecedented political situation," the Associated Press reported.
While the move by the left and center to act as a bulwark against the far-right has worked, the gamble by Macron to call an election in the first place has not, according to former French ambassador to the U.S. Gérard Araud.
Sébastien Maillard, associate fellow of the Europe program at London's Chatham House think tank, said that the hung parliament will force French political parties to compromise.
"France will weaken its leadership in the EU should this state of confusion last too long and the country now needs reconciliation after deepened polarization through these snap elections."
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I'd be surprised if this business will not be taken over by another company. It seems like the problem is mainly operational, something that another company should be able fix
Russia rained missiles down on cities across Ukraine in broad daylight on Monday morning, killing at least 29 civilians and badly damaging Kyiv’s main children’s hospital in the deadliest air strike in months, officials said.
Some two hours later, debris from another missile attack hit a different hospital in Kyiv, killing four more and injuring three more, the emergency services said.
Three people had been killed in the eastern town of Pokrovsk where missiles hit an industrial facility, the regional governor said.
The attack came a day before leaders of NATO countries were due to begin a three-day summit of the military alliance that Zelensky is expected to attend with the war in Ukraine one of the focuses.
“We heard an explosion, then we were showered with debris,” Svitlana told Reuters after she and her husband Viktor, emerged from a shelter at the hospital with their two-month-old baby.
The baby was unharmed, but Svitlana had suffered cuts, and their car was totally buried under the rubble of the destroyed building across the courtyard from the main ward.
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I added a paragraph in the body of the text (sorry, I should have done in the first place). It says:
The case has been filed in Austria under universal jurisdiction, allowing states to prosecute serious international crimes regardless of where the crime was committed or the nationality of those involved.
I don't know for sure, but the women may have fled to and now live Austria, but I'm not a lawyer and not sure about that.
Some people need an answer that's easy and quick. That answer is also always wrong but by then they stopped thinking anyway and are hooked on easy and quick.
"The rich stole all your money" is also an easy answer and much closer to reality. People who fall for right wing bullshit do so because it panders to their hate and resentment.
similarly, conspiracy cranks get all up in arms about some shady group of "elites" that somehow aren't just.. billionaires and top-level politicians..
they have an actual legitimate conspiracy in front of them, presented on a fucking silver platter, and yet they completely ignore that and instead make shit up that makes no fucking sense.
People voting for populists are much more likely to see the scapegoats their electees talk about in their life than an actual billionaire that exploited them, though. And there's the "temporarily embarrassed millionaire" narrative we've been forced upon, too.
Those 2 things are not mutually exclusive. You are the one who leapt to "they took our jobs" because you are a racist with below average reading comprehension.
And with any luck they won't successfully manage to leave the entire continent in ruins this time around. Whenever it works, defeating fascists at the ballot feels so easy that it's almost anticlimactic.
Everyone involved with organisation these last months know damn well that it wasn't easy, though. Super proud of the French today! 🇫🇷
The claims about the Chinese having superior European ESG compliance and Cybersecurity are hard to believe, but could be that they just have the resources (and speed) to get their products to comply, while European competitors are too slow. But then again, could also be that it's just about the price tag in the end and they just want to hide this fact by stating other reasons
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