▲ 208 ▼ In a shocking upset, the New Popular Front in France defeats both the far right and liberals in the snap elections. Almost no polls showed the election being anything but a far right landslide (hexbear.net) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net to c/politics@hexbear.net 69 comments fedilink hide all child comments Update: The parties of the left coalition have publicly reaffirmed their commitment to the coalition, sending a message to Macron that they will not govern under the liberals
[–] hellyesbrother@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago (3 children) How 'left' are the NPF? Soc dem? permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Taster_Of_Treats@hexbear.net 29 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Its a grouping of 5 smaller leftish parties, so pretty ideologically diverse. It only came together like two months ago per CNN, ad hoc when Macron called for the general election. Their main unifying factor is not wanting the far right in control. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago* Whatever disagreements I might have with them, full respect for moving so quick on this. permalink fedilink source parent [–] grandepequeno@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago Center left neoliberals (your modern socdems) are the second largest party in the coalition, the first are left populists based around the celebrity character of Melenchon, the 3rd are green eurocucks and 4th are the old school communists, then there's a sputtering of center to left parties permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Taster_Of_Treats@hexbear.net 29 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Its a grouping of 5 smaller leftish parties, so pretty ideologically diverse. It only came together like two months ago per CNN, ad hoc when Macron called for the general election. Their main unifying factor is not wanting the far right in control. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago* Whatever disagreements I might have with them, full respect for moving so quick on this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago* Whatever disagreements I might have with them, full respect for moving so quick on this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grandepequeno@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago Center left neoliberals (your modern socdems) are the second largest party in the coalition, the first are left populists based around the celebrity character of Melenchon, the 3rd are green eurocucks and 4th are the old school communists, then there's a sputtering of center to left parties permalink fedilink source parent