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Tom Watson
Tom Watson
1 year ago

One of the reasons why I like Unherd is the amount of coverage they give to what’s going on in France. One hears so little about it anywhere else, especially in comparison to the States. More like this!

Bruno Lucy
Bruno Lucy
1 year ago

However interesting…..this article doesn’t seem to interest many.
Mind you, if most of UnHerd readers live in the UK, why would they care about the repercussions Melenchon’s victory would bring for France and for Europe.
NUPES is l’alliance de la carpe et du lapin ….as we say in France.
Fabien Roussel the communist leader, has already said he would speak a mind of his own and his mind is far from Melenchon who really put his foot into it when commenting on police shoot outs where 3 people lost their lives after refusing to stop.
When I think of the training Macron protective detail gets and what these beat cops get in comparison, there is cause for worries. These poor blokes receive minimum fire arm training, get an assault rifle and off you go.
Back to the topic……Melenchon’s alliance will explode in flight ……if they rule…..and even more if they don’t ……which is what is going to happen.
Macron if lucky, will get the majority and if not, he will have to deal with the republicans which I think is a good think.
Like I said before, parliament is a place of debate, confrontation and with their blood easily up, the French will be at it full speed.
Give it a couple of years, Melenchon will feel like a distant headache.
This man has nothing but chaos and division to offer.
Between 2 egos, I now which one I fear less.

Last edited 1 year ago by Bruno Lucy
James 0
James 0
1 year ago
Reply to  Bruno Lucy

“if most UnHerd readers live in the UK, why would they care about the repercussions Melanchon’s victory would bring for France and for Europe?”
I’d like to say because the UK is a part of Europe, because France is our nearest neighbour and an important country, and because the Eurozone is one of our biggest trading partners.
Having said that, as long as France remains in the Eurozone, there’s very little the populist Left can do to transform France’s economy, even if they gain power.

Bruno Lucy
Bruno Lucy
1 year ago
Reply to  James 0

That’s where you are wrong James. On the fiscal side it would be a catastrophe in a country where industry is in ruin. NUPES is clearly targeting them with more taxes, same for people earning above 4000 eur…..before taxes.
But what am worrying about ? According to the last polls and even if Macron gets Le lower end of the seats tally and NUPES the higher end……NUPES will never get the majority. All this agitation only benefits the media who sell their electronic rags and spend hours of tv time scaremongering. But….I will not stay in bed on Sunday….that’s for sure.

Peter Mott
Peter Mott
1 year ago

NUPES is not another step in the long march of the French Left❞ Bickerton says (despite title). Because it is an agglomeration of various malcontents with little in common but their dislike of the state of France. Perhaps like M5S in Italy when it was growing (it’s dead now). But without a class basis sustaining a strong party what binds LFI apart from its leader? It may lead to “strongman” politics.