So, I have a colleague who works out of our Montreal office, in town this week for client meetings and during drinks last night, he brought up the elections in his hometown of France which I admitedly had zero insight into beyond knowing they had an election fairly recently and that Macron's party lost.
What he said is basically happening there is that after the loss, Macron used the Olympics as one of their reasons for not moving out and transitioning their power over to the party that won, which is on the left. Now that the Olympics are over, he's saying that Macron's group is essentially not willing to accept the results of the election and the person that the winning party has nominated to be the incoming leader or PM (I think?).
This sounds a lot like Trump in 2020, no? Has anyone been following this closely?
https://www.politico.eu/article/fran...ont-coalition/
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PARIS — France remains stuck in political limbo after President Emmanuel Macron on Monday refused to accept the election-winning left’s candidate for prime minister.
Macron — who, as head of state, is responsible for appointing a new prime minister and government — met with party heads and parliamentary leaders across the political spectrum Monday. He then issued a statement indicating he wouldn’t name a head of government from the left-wing New Popular Front coalition that won June’s legislative election, arguing that this would lead to instability.
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https://www.dw.com/en/anger-after-ma...ent/a-70055758
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday dismissed the idea of naming a left-wing government to end the country's political deadlock, in a move that sparked anger among the country's leftist alliance.
Macron said that having a left-wing government would threaten "institutional stability," in comments that riled the New Popular Front (NFP).
The left-wing alliance is made up of the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI), the Socialists, the Communists and the Greens. The NFP secured the most seats in the country's parliamentary election earlier this summer.
Green Party leader Marine Tondelier said Macron's announcement was a disgrace, adding that he was ignoring the election results. France Unbowed's parliamentary group leader Mathilde Panot even threatened Macron with impeachment.
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The LFI reacted with fury, with its national coordinator Manuel Bompard calling Macron's remarks an "unacceptable anti-democratic coup."
LFI leader Jean-Luc Melenchon called for a "firm and strong response" by the public and politicians, including a "motion of impeachment" against the president.
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