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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)
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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

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[–] 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

He tried to imitate Pedro Sánchez, but he didn't realize that Pedro's instincts are out of this world.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    tbf pedro bungled his first few tries at snap election, and he never got what he wanted which was an absolute majority, ended up having to do what he didn't want which was letting podemos into the government

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