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Not really but we definitely should 😅
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@andrewrobinson2565 That's actually a wrong explanation. The impure blood is the one of the enemies, not the revolutionaries.
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@andrewrobinson2565 Have you really read it? La Marseillaise is a war song, it is bloodthirsty by nature. Apart from the "qu'un sang impur abreuve nos sillons" (impure blood), there are references to throat slitting, breeding soldiers to replace those who have died on the battlefield, vengeful arms and sacrificing yourself to honor your ancestors.
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They exist but this channel seemed to have forgotten them.
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Maybe. I think people are tired of this new "Macron vs Le Pen" trope pushed by the media and unreliable opinion polls. They maybe want the old "Socialist Party vs Les Républicains" back.
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@ekx5120 This election showed that the left can unite and form coalitions. It's still a good sign.
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We are being bombarded with weekly scandals manufactured by the media and pundits against left-wing parties. Even the so called centrists in Macron's government use far right and Le Pen's talking point. Such as "islamo-gauchisme" (Islamo-leftism) which resembles eerily to Judeo-Bolchevism, "ensauvagement" meaning that France becomes savage (dogwhistle against minorities). And French people buy it...
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Regional elections alongside European elections are actually the most proportional elections in France. The National Assembly is elected using a FPTP system, the Senate is elected with a electoral college. Town councils also use FPTP. City councils use a similar voting system to that of regions except the party that comes first receives 50% of the seats...
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Frexit seems very unlikely. Even Le Pen got more EU-friendly, dumping the idea of leaving the Eurozone from her platform.
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Still, his scores are very, very low.
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Poorly. No one heard of them and I don't think they've hit the 5% threshold in order to participate to the second round of elections.
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People probably wanted to do spend time outside, enjoying the sun and the outdoors after months of lockdowns and curfews.
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Haven't you received leaflets and programs in your mailbox? And if you voted during the presidential election, there are the same parties having candidates in these regional elections.
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@Lapantouflemagic0 1000 years? Are you out of your mind? In the Middle Ages, local nobility just swore fidelity to their overlord, the French king didn't rule everything from Paris. He just ruled the Ile-de-France. Forgot your history lesson on feudalism? In the year 1000, duchies had a large scale of powers, Britanny was independent, Burgundy and Eastern France was in the Holy Roman Empire. Centralization in France arose to prominence with Louis XIV who was traumatised from the Fronde (revolt of the French nobility during his childhood). It continued with the French Revolution which erased local customary laws and local parliaments. You want to know why we need more decentralization? Then look at how many people dislike Paris and its elites, how strong dissatisfaction is against elected national officials, how disconnected politicians are from the people's needs. Look at how the number of people who don't vote is exploding. Look at how local French cultures are disappearing. France's institutions are deeply dysfunctional. They definitely need a change.
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@somebonehead To preserve local cultures. To have elected officials closer to the French people and their everyday lives. To make regions more reactive to urgent local needs rather than to wait for the central state in Paris which will more than likely ignore them. To experiment more easily new laws, regulations and public services at a local level. If it works in Germany, why not in France? Moreover, if we look to the opinion of the French people in their institutions, the more removed an elected official is, the less trustworthy they are. French people trust their mayor (53%) and their regional council more (41%) than the president (33%) and the French parliament (29%).
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@andreasgregorfrank9057 En Marche and Les Républicains are not anti-EU.
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Quite a misleading name for such a divisive party.
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