Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Why Macron Called a Snap Election" video.

  1. It might do for an election or two, but extream parties rarely last that long unless the majority of voters become extream, which we are a long way from that. If Le Pen wins, she's going to have a heck of a headache delivering on a lot of the promises made, and we should remember, the far right are only doing so well because voters are fed up with the mainstream parties under delivering, that honeymoon for the far right won't last long if they don't turn things around in a big way that improves the quality of life of the French people, and I suspect that if they do win, they'll have one or maybe two terms to prove themselves, before they could potentially get wiped out. After all, most of this is a protest vote based on angry at the mainstream parties, and I suspect most voters are only really aware of one or two of the policies of the far right, which will be interesting when they try to push some of their other hardline policies through which I doubt will be popular with the people. Either way, I think Le Pen needs to win to defuse the situation, yes there will be a few rough years, but just like Brexit in the UK, voters angry were being channelled at the EU for all the wrongs in the UK to such a degree that almost nothing could be said to some of the hardline voters to sway them, we are probably seeing the same thing with many voters across Europe that are fed up with mainstream parties, hence why it might be best to let them win, let them make a mess of things and that could defuse the situation like it did in the UK with Brexit, so much so that Labour could win the next election by a massive landslide, which is rare, in fact, the last time that happened was in 97 when Tony Blair got elected.
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  2. It's a gamble from Macron, it could pay off but it could also backfire, depending on voters angry. With that said, I sometimes feel that it doesn't matter what's being said as many times it doesn't sway voters, especially hardline ones, we saw that in the UK with Brexit, where it didn't matter what was being said about all the warnings, people were not listening, when it goes like that as it did with Brexit, I sometimes feel you have to let the hardliners win so they can fall on their own sword. What I mean by that is that most of the policies of the hardliners are not that appealing to most voters, but voters are angry and are in protest mode that they want to teach the mainstream parties a lesson, which honestly, they deserve as they are not listening to people's concerns in their lives, but the far right are not the solution, but that message could fall on deaf ears, in other words, let them win so they can mess it up, just like the Eurosceptics did in the UK with Brexit and because of that, the public are slowly turning into more neutral and even more pro EU then they were when in the EU. Sometimes you have to let the voters do the mistake and see that the grass isn't quite greener on the other side as they thought they were, unless Le Pen really delivers on the goods and listens to the real concerns of the French people, which is unlikely as it seems like they are just telling the people what they think they want to hear to win there votes, not on what they can deliver once political reality bites, so Macron could be playing a gamble on a few fronts here and it will be interesting to see how this turns out.
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