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submitted 3 weeks ago by GFGJewbacca@lemm.ee to c/world@lemmy.world

"Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has announced that he is dissolving the national assembly, and calling for legislative elections on June 30 and July 7.

The French president said that he can’t pretend nothing has happened, that the outcome of the EU election is not good for his government and that the rise of nationalists is a danger for France and Europe."

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[-] nimomycelium@lemmy.world 73 points 3 weeks ago

An unprecedented move which could backfire as it did for Chirac in 1997. Macron is playing a dangerous gamble with the Fifth Republic... 🗳️🇫🇷

[-] nimomycelium@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

And by the looks of things it seems like I was right it has (so far) spectacularly backfired. Obviously we have to wait for the second round but..

[-] Dop@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago

Comparing it to Chirac's situation is downplaying how crazy te move is right now. Can you imagine how fucked up this is? Like "oh, the far right has more than twice as many votes as we got, it must be some sort of big misclick situation, lets check it out !"

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 20 points 3 weeks ago

I think it's more that the situation is only going to get worse the longer we wait so he's pulling the trigger now for the best conditions he's ever going to get. Not great

[-] Dop@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

The conditions he spent years building? Yeah, I'm not falling for that.

[-] nimomycelium@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Like I said: a dangerous gamble with the Fifth Republic...

[-] Dop@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

We all know how the far right has a hard time letting go of it's grip on power, that's for sure. But this ils no 'gamble', like he'd be cornered to do this, he led us here. He is deliberately playing with the french like they're just paws in his self-centered game.

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