Comments by "Mark Welch" (@markwelch3564) on "France’s Government Collapses: What Next?" video.

The centrists need to accept that they are not popular enough to stand alone, and make changes to build a coalition That will mean getting off the fence and picking a side
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The "grown up sensibles" appeasing the far right rather than accept even a small step to the left How did that end for von Hindenburg again?
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Love for the ultra-rich ones, not so much everyone else
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@albevanhanoy naturally - and the NFP is already a coalition, so they've already got experience in negotiating such agreements 🙂
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The French ex-PM is right wing, and RN are more right wing than Barnier What labels would you prefer, if we can't call Barnier right, and RN far-right?
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@genovayork2468 why not? The analogy is fair - establishment leader who preferred appeasing the far right rather than accept even the tiniest nugget of socialism If history repeats itself, don't say nobody saw it coming
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@samuelbucher5189 there's no way that banker is on the left!
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Sure, there are global problems - but who has to bear the consequences doesn't feel right to most people. That's the political dispute here
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@MGuðmundur I look at history, and every time a leader comes to power on a promise of "tradition", it's always the traditions that give the leader a fancy house and all the comforts that take priority Everyone else is secondary at best. Often ordinary people just get thrown under the bus once "great" leader has secured their position No improvement for ordinary people has been gifted from above. It's always demanded from the ground up
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Von Hindenburg: Electric Boogaloo
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@genovayork2468 Macron cares more about his share dividends than the French people, and is going to do a Hindenburg to protect his bank balance I really hope I'm wrong
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