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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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[-] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

A couple of thoughts:

I seem to recall the French electoral left being plagued by infighting and factionalism. They really came together this election and turned it around.
Electoralism is ultimately a dead end, of course, but I feel like the French left leans more into direct action than their more timid counterparts in places like the US. Seems like this gives them an edge that other western left movements don't have.

I'm not French so maybe I'm way off on this. Please correct me if so.

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