When the French parliamentary election predictions were announced around 8 p.m., the followers of the New Popular Front in Paris concentrated on Stalingrad Square. They burst out in a mixture of relief and joy: It seems that history is also vindicated in the details. These have been several elections that have been on the brink of the abyss. After the far-right victory in the first roundThere was speculation that Marine Le Pen's men would capture the Hotel de Matignon this time.
Meanwhile, the news, the surprise, that the New Popular Front rose to the first position, was received in Spain by sharing it on social networks. the epic scene of White House where Rick's Café band drowns out the national anthems of Nazi officers by playing The Marseille. In the absence of a foothold in the present, traditions are used, almost as a spell that functions as a firewall against the barbarism that arrogantly approaches. If we look at the name of the emergency coalition formed by the left, and also at the 'they shall not pass' that resounds again in their meetings these weeks, that echo has worked.
If the common thread mobilized progressive France and unity among republican citizens, what ultimately tipped the balance was: the center and the left will withdraw their candidates where they also ended up in third place to make useful voting against the ultras possible: in politics it is always a good idea to accompany feelings with mathematics. That is why it is useful that the enthusiasm to dodge the bullet does not cloud the figures: in many of the 577 constituencies in which the neighbouring country is divided electorally, the far right is only a handful of votes away from obtaining a deputy.
This result, more than a victory, It is an extension: the discontent will still be there tomorrow. First of all, against a President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, who has pushed the imposition machine more than is reasonable. Then, by a loss of purchasing power that has a lot to do with a wave of inflation and an energy crisis after the war in Ukraine. To put an end to the growing uncertainty that fuels fear. No one should take so many factors of instability for granted if the goal is to restore confidence in tomorrow.
The EU already carries Orbán and Meloni on its shoulders. If the far right had taken over the government of France, the prelude to the presidency of the Republic, that weight could become unbearable. Europe breathes and it does so thanks to the left, who he has so vilified for the past ten years because he opposed astericide, a nest where the dangers of our daily lives were hatched. The New Popular Front will not have an easy time forming an executive power, a government in which the socialists of Mélenchon and the reborn socialists coexist, a government that will have to seek alliances with all that comes after Macron. Either the social turnaround is remarkable, or the vote against will be fodder for discouragement. But that will be the next step. This Sunday we are living a day 7 that anticipates the next 14th of July, where that old motto of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity seems to be taking a new direction.
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