WTF is going on in France Svarty?

[Svartalf]

Aye , I hear that the late and regretted Horst Tappert was one of the greatest comic actors living in Germany while he was there.

[pErvinalia]

Commies beat the fascists in French election!

[macdoc]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrlxn4ngdgo

French people reject the far right - again
3 hours ago
By Hugh Schofield,

France's left-wing rejoiced when the first projections were published.
The French have said it again: they do not want the far right in power.
They gave them a big win in the European elections; they gave them a big win in the first round of this parliamentary election.
But when it came to a vote that really counted, just as in the presidentials, they drew back from the brink.
This surprise upset which has reduced the National Rally (RN) to third place – with perhaps 150 seats compared with predictions a week ago of nearly 300 – is due entirely to voters turning out in large numbers to stop them.

Now if we could get the US to reject the dumpf in the same way

[L'Emmerdeur]

The voters of the US have done so repeatedly. The deliberately anti-democratic Electoral College aside, he's never won the popular vote.

Well done, the French. Keep the fuckers (politicians) guessing.

[Svartalf]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrlxn4ngdgo

French people reject the far right - again
3 hours ago
By Hugh Schofield,

France's left-wing rejoiced when the first projections were published.
The French have said it again: they do not want the far right in power.
They gave them a big win in the European elections; they gave them a big win in the first round of this parliamentary election.
But when it came to a vote that really counted, just as in the presidentials, they drew back from the brink.
This surprise upset which has reduced the National Rally (RN) to third place – with perhaps 150 seats compared with predictions a week ago of nearly 300 – is due entirely to voters turning out in large numbers to stop them.

Now if we could get the US to reject the dumpf in the same way

It Was not so much. A massive rejection as à ballot manipulation. Many candidats Who could have stayed in the second round abandoned and told their voters to élect the non fascist Guy that remained and it worked .

[L'Emmerdeur]

Such an important European nation deserves its own thread. The students of France have made history a number of times (notably Les Soixante-Huitards) and they're up to it again.

'Why French Students Are Revolting'

[macdoc]

Doesn't quite translate well .....are the French students lacking in hygiene perhaps??....

Yes tho, many an important social movement has been led by French students....

[pErvinalia]

I'm sure I created a "What are the French rioting about now?" thread. But can't find it.

[L'Emmerdeur]

Yeah, that sounds familiar now that you mention it. I like my title better (it's Gallic irony) but yours has precedence. I suppose a thread merge is called for.

[Brian Peacock]

Demanding more funding for schools and universities. Chanting anti-far-right slogans. Refusing to comply with the police. Sound like a bunch of communists to me.

[Brian Peacock]

I'm sure I created a "What are the French rioting about now?" thread. But can't find it.

Can't find it either. Found this one though.

[L'Emmerdeur]

I linked it in my response above. Here it is again. Either would do though.

[Brian Peacock]

merged them all!

[L'Emmerdeur]

It's been a week since Svartalf last visited, which I think is unusual. Maybe computer problems.

[pErvinalia]

He might be too busy rioting.