Macronism is Not Over

🇫🇷 President Macron is far from over. I really don't get why so many people are in glee at the prospects of such a scenario. He has done great things for France. He has kick-started France's AI industry. He is turning Paris into the international finance capital of the EU. He has initiated many efforts to modernize France's economy. He has stood by Ukraine and pushed to modernize the European defense industry to protect all of Europe. He has Paris hosting the Olympics. He's done a lot of great things for France. The only thing Macron has failed to do is to address the needs of voters who are not a part of the new modern economy.

If you look at the election results you see that the National Rally has become the most popular party. Macron's Liberal Centrists are still the second most popular party. They slightly trail the New Popular Front, which is an alliance of several parties, none of which are as popular as the Liberal Centrists, none of them would have even reached the threshold for the second round of voting on their own, and they really don't agree on any issues.

Moving forward I would listen to the voters - that's what democracy is all about. I would try to understand why the voters voted for the National Rally, and then I would address those issues for those voters.

I believe they want illegal immigration solved. I think this is the biggest concern of that portion of the electorate. They want terrorism and violent crime down. They want more industrial jobs, but they do not want to work in Chinese factories. They want more French or European factories. And they want to continue their traditional farming techniques. I would address these voters' concerns as quickly as possible, while talking about all of the great things the Liberal Centrists have done for France.

I do not know anything about the history of France's political parties or their traditional political stances. I am just comparing the two leading individuals of the far-left and the far-right. If I had to choose between Melenchon or Bardella, I would choose Bardella without a doubt. Bardella not only looks better, but his political statements sound much more reasonable and palatable, although extremely vague. He comes off as a cool, calm, and collected individual, especially for such a young person, and if he truly cares about the French people, he will cooperate with the President. He's a young gun. He's totally inexperienced, but he is clearly a quick-learner. He is still malleable. At that age, new experiences can totally change a person's world view, so give him new experiences and change his world view. He can be pulled into the Centrist camp. Bardella can be steered away from Le Pen under the right hand, and he can help the President connect with the voter base he is having trouble connecting with. Melenchon is just an old, aggressive, anarchist, troll who will spend all of his time being as destructive as possible and fighting the President, because that is exactly what his voters want him to do and he knows it. Melenchon's worldview will never change. Melenchon is so grotesque that he actually makes the far-right look good, like a viable solution. Melenchon's desperate attempt to gain power over a country and control the agenda when his party won less than 10% of the vote is extremely undemocratic, whereas Bardella actually did win the most votes fair and square in the first round, sadly.

Melenchon is pro-Russia, pro-China, anti-NATO, anti-European, and anti-Ukraine. His stance on all of these issues is nearly identical to the National Rally. The difference between Melenchon and the National Rally's Bardella is that Melenchon is also pro-anarchist, anti-capitalist, anti-Israel, and pro-Islamic terrorists. The National Rally, however, is none of those things. That is why I consider the National Rally's Bardella to be the lesser of two evils in this day and age.

You have to wonder why these other parties, the Socialists and Greens, would even form an alliance with far-left extremists and communists, instead of Macron's Liberal Centrists that have done so many great things for France. They clearly did it just to try to force Macron's Liberal Centrists out of government despite that fact that Macron's party is still the second most popular party among the French. They are the ones who chose to put France's future in jeopardy.

Macron is not going anywhere, however. He will likely be running the European Union after his second term as the President of France is completed.

xo

Response to: https://www.politico.eu/article/france-legislative-election-emmanuel-macron-marine-le-pen-europe-national-rally/