French President Emmanuel Macron is holding talks with key political players in a bid to form a new government.
  • febra@lemmy.worldEnglish
    162·
    4 months ago

    Kind of hilarious how “democracy” works when the rich and powerful don’t like what the people are voting for.

  • Gsus4@mander.xyzEnglish
    3·
    4 months ago

    Can anybody explain what the deal is with Mélanchon and why everyone sort of hates him in the coalition and even some inside his party?

    • BestBouclettes@jlai.luEnglish
      7·
      4 months ago

      He’s a big mouthed dude and he’s got some questionable positions, especially when it comes to China and Russia. I’m not a big fan of him and his persona but he’s also not completely wrong on a lot of subjects (moving away from the 5th republic, increasing taxation for the rich, welcoming refugees, funding of social services, etc).
      Some people love to paint him as a Stalin/Pol pot/Mao to be, and as the other side of the extreme coin.
      My biggest gripe with him is that LFI is his party and there’s not much democracy in it. A lot of people got excluded because they dared to speak up, which is not a great outlook when trying to defend yourself from being an authoritarian party.