Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Is France Headed for a “Liz Truss” Moment?" video.
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We'll have to see, but it's easy for them to say they are going to do it, it's another thing to implement those policies once political reality kicks in.
The far right can't afford to get on the wrong side of the people and the markets so soon in power if they get elected, it would do a lot of damage to the country and likely turn the French people on them, in other words, if they push ahead and it makes a mess of the economy, the far right in France could find themselves becoming unelectable over the next election or so.
In other words, they'll likely tone down those policies to appeal to more voters and to calm markets, but sometimes you have to let these things to happen for a mess to follow, a bit like the UK with Brexit, no amount of talk was going to convince some people that it was a bad idea, but economic misery is far more convincing in shifting voters patterns, in fact, the far right have been capitalising on that, but it could also hit them just as hard.
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I always love watching the bluster on the sidelines and then the political realities once close to or in power with political parties, happens almost every time lol.
Basically, a lot of the so-called promises from the Le Pen party are likely going to be broken if they get into power because reality bites on what they can do and not what they want to do, especially for a hard line party, if they rock the boat too much and it starts hurting the country and the French people, well let's just say, they won't be electable for long and there popularity will quickly nose dive.
If Le Pen really wants to do well, they will likely have to moderate many of their policies, listen to the concerns of the French and if they can, reduce the debt burden, if they deliver on those 3 things, they could become a credible party long term, especially that these hard right parties only get into power because of angry at the mainstream parties, being as it's a protest vote, this is why when the real policies kick in, that's when things get really interesting, especially if Le Pen wins and rocks the boat too much, which I suspect they won't out of political survival and will do what many other far right parties across Europe have done, moderate there policies to calm markets and to appeal to more voters.
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