Tensions mount as thousands rally against Marine Le Pen’s rally
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The mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, joined left-wing politicians and trade union leaders in Orléans as Marine Le Pen's party gathered ahead of the 2027 presidential election. #EuropeNews

I’m wondering if the 2027 French presidential election might turn out like the 2024 US presidential election did.

What I mean is: what if left-wing voters refuse to back the moderate (Edouard Philippe in France, Kamala Harris in the US), which just helps the far-right candidate to win (Le Pen in France, Trump in the US)?

Melenchon is liked by the left in France, but the polls show he fares much worse against Le Pen than Philippe does. If the second round is Melenchon vs Le Pen, then Le Pen’s victory becomes more likely.

  • pasdechance@jlai.luEnglish
    7·
    10 days ago

    Who owns media in France is an important factor.

    For years, the language used to describe each side has been changing. For those that vote right, the negative things that can be said are indeed the selling points. They are racist and jealous that someone with darker skin has more success, or that their taxes help people poorer than them, or that they are single but two dudes have found love… So, many of the things the left stands for are dangerous to them.

    My inlaws here in France are very conservative, eurosceptic, transphobic, whatevers. This is literally what they think will happen:

    • Left wins: country turns into Cuba or joins Russia, because they are “bad at economics” the debt destroys everything, we are all conscripted to work, children are trafficked
    • Right wins: the violent leftists will riot and roam the streets murdering women and children and forcing men into labour camps or military conscription
    • Centre wins: something something Dictatorship

    They live in fear. They fear piercings and hair dye. They fear UBI and sex ed in schools. They fear vaccines. They fear the fucking vegan hotdogs at IKEA! But they think they are the smartest people in the room.

    • FrogCat@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      3·
      10 days ago

      Your in-laws sound like GB News viewers here in the UK. GB News is a right-wing news TV channel, and it has only existed for a few years. Previously people had to watch BBC News or Sky News, which are both pretty moderate. But now right-leaning voters can get sucked into GB News propaganda. They are never shown different sides of an argument presented fairly; instead everything they are shown is highly biased.

      • pasdechance@jlai.luEnglish
        3·
        10 days ago

        They swear they don’t watch the news or even use social media that much. Telegram is their main source of craziness.