Last week, Macron — sandwiched between the Right and far Left — warned in desperation that “disorder” and “chaos” were the inevitable outcomes in any society dominated by the socialist Left. Yet as I previously reported on the Left Column:
Macron himself is no model of order, given his reckless open-door immigration policies that have resulted in crime surges, jihad attacks and threats, and widespread Islamic antisemitism. Recall also the yellow-jacket riots in response to Macron’s presidency and his economic “reform,” especially gas tax hikes. The Leftist Macron has now found himself beleaguered by his own Leftist camp; his nemeses are further Left than he is. He has also been criticized by the Right, which emphasizes responsible immigration control. Nothing has weakened France more than Macron’s allowance of mass, unvetted immigration, with all too many migrants from Africa and the Middle East bringing nothing but expense and chaos.
France has been noticing.
Although Macron warned about the Left in an effort to score points for his fledgling government, Marine LePen’s party made historic gains, causing France’s parliament to shift more to the right, which potentially sets France on a new direction. Leftist policies have been the slow ruin of Western civilization for years. Maybe the ship can be turned around before it’s too late.
“Populism Rising: Le Pen’s National Rally Makes Historic Gains as Macron Loses Parliamentary Majority”, by Kurt Zindulka, Breitbart, June 20, 2022:
Roundly rebuking his neo-liberal globalist political philosophy, the French public has refused to grant President Emmanuel Macron a parliamentary majority as Marine Le Pen’s populists on the right and an ecological alliance on the left surged at the ballot box to strip the once self-described ‘Jupitarean’ leader of his ability to govern France firmly.
Just under two months after securing a second term as President of France, Emmanuel Macron and his Ensemble! coalition have suffered a disastrous result in the final round of voting in the parliamentary elections on Sunday, securing just 245 seats, far short of the 289 necessary to maintain a governing majority and at the low end of polling projections leading up to the vote.
The night’s true victor — at least in terms of exceeding expectations — was perhaps Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN), which saw a surprising result of 89 candidates elected to the National Assembly, the most in the history of the party, including its predecessor National Front. Le Pen’s party, which previously only boasted eight representatives, will now have enough representation to form a parliamentary group, providing a major boost to the party in terms of prominence in the national discussion and the ability to fundraise.
Prior to the second and final round of voting on Sunday, posters had estimated that RN would win between 25 and 45 seats, suggesting that anti-Macron sentiment was strong enough to convince left-wing voters to side with Le Pen to prevent the neoliberal president from retaining his grip over the parliament.
Hailing the stunning result for her party, the populist firebrand said: “This victory is that of the French people. Tonight, they have taken their destiny into their own hands by making Emmanuel Macron a minority president. This victory is yours!”….
mortimer says
As usual, France is very deeply divided by politics, but the nationalists are gaining support.
The Left in France remains committed to destroy ‘Frenchness’. Their Red-Green Axis with Muslims is proving hard to overcome. Nevertheless, in France and elsewhere many thousands of Muslims are leaving Islam each year. Some believe as many as 20 million Muslims worldwide are leaving this Death Cult each year.
Fitna says
Well this is good news for France. While my views are more ‘Centrist’ in that I agree with the Right on some issues and with the Left on others, I’m willing to grant the Right everything they want with the guarantee that they will rid western nations of Islam.
France esp. is in a dire situation since the Muslim population is 10% and as one sociologist observed, if 10% of your nation holds strongly to one ideology they can eventually take over that country.
The trouble is that Le Pen has been criticized for softening her stance on Islam to get elected. She no longer wants to deport Muslims or to directly deal with Islam. Still with France shifting rightward and as the situation gets worse, it opens the possibility of someone like Eric Zemmour taking the reigns of power.
Now people in France are no longer just whispering about Muslims being a problem, they’re talking more openly because I think finally, after many years, they’ve realized Islam is an existential threat and keeping quiet only means death for their nation. The next election is really going to be a decisive for France, they better get it right because time is short for the West to expunge Islam.
Fitna says
One point I forgot to add, I find it utterly revolting that most of the Left still hasn’t recognized Islam to be a danger to us and the more radical segment has aligned with Muslims.
We can’t wait for our fellow non-Muslims to wake up, time marches on so the rest of us who recognize the threat must work to defeat it, including Leftists who side with the enemy.
James Lincoln says
Fitna says,
“Now people in France are no longer just whispering about Muslims being a problem, they’re talking more openly…”
Yes, that is a huge development.
If there ever is going to be a de-islamization of France, it starts by being able to discuss openly the fact that followers of islam are a major problem for the host country – from both a security standpoint and a financial standpoint.
Fitna says
Indeed James, hopefully this will translate into a real shift in power to the center-right and then they can go ahead and neutralize the threat of Islam in their country.
The rise in the far-Left is also a very dangerous development because as one of the articles here on JW pointed out, it’s the red-green alliance of Leftists and Muslims seeing to grab power and to go after their opponents. Things could get pretty ugly in the next 5-10 years, esp. if they manage to win.
James Lincoln says
Agree, Fitna.
Thanks for the reply.
Fitna says
No problem James.
Infidel says
Good for France. I’m not thrilled by any gains made by the far Left, but I do hope that Le Pen’s party manages to sabotage any moves by Macron that embolden the muslims