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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Macron hasn’t done anything undemocratic or extra-legal. He called an unexpected snap election - within his rights. Then he negotiated with other parties to not run candidates in that election. Not illegal. Now he has turned down a request to name a prime minister from one of the members of that coalition, because he believes - rightly - that it would immediately fall to a no-confidence vote.
Shenanigans happen in countries that have proportional representation, coalition governments, and ranked balloting. But none of this is subverting democracy.
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I agree with that, but he's starting to get close to that line on the "refusing to name a PM" piece. If some other group of parties can form a majority then great, do that instead.
The snap election and the withdrawing are both reasonable based on their system.