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   Yogthos (yogthos@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 25-Aug-2024 23:07:31 JST Yogthos

   On the seventh of July France conducted an election in which Emmanuel Macron suffered a significant defeat at the hands of the "New Popular Front," a coalition representing the political left.

   Fast forward to forty-eight days subsequent to this pivotal event wherein Emmanuel Macron and his administration continue to maintain control over France, disregarding the outcomes of the election.

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     Yogthos (yogthos@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 25-Aug-2024 23:07:36 JST Yogthos

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     This unprecedented defiance of established protocol within the context of the French Fifth Republic is without historical precedent.

     Normally, as is the rule set by precedents, Macron should have nominated a Prime Minister from the New Popular Front, the winners of the elections.

     At first Macron argued that it wasn't convenient to change government right before the Olympics games and argued for an "Olympics truce".

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     Yogthos (yogthos@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 25-Aug-2024 23:07:43 JST Yogthos

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     We're now almost 2 weeks after the end of the Olympics and the situation is still the same.

     This is especially perplexing given that the New Popular Front has a Prime Minister ready: Lucie Castets, a senior public servant.

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     Yogthos (yogthos@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 25-Aug-2024 23:08:16 JST Yogthos

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     Currently, Macron's camp maintains that they cannot form a government with members of "France Unbowed" (LFI), the primary left-wing party and an integral component of the "New Popular Front" coalition. Although Lucie Castets does not hail from LFI, certain ministerial positions may be filled by individuals affiliated with this party.

     Macron has been demonizing LFI in a very similar fashion to the way Corbyn was demonized in the UK, with accusations of antisemitism for their support of Gaza.

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     Yogthos (yogthos@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 25-Aug-2024 23:08:16 JST Yogthos

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     Except that unlike Corbyn, LFI doesn't bow - they're "France unbowed" after all - and fight back the accusations.

     Which brings us to what happened this morning, where Mélenchon asked an open question to Macron: "Say we committed to no LFI members in the government, would you nominate Lucie Castets Prime Minister?"

     This forces Macron's hand: if he says "no", as Mélenchon himself wrote, it'd show that Macron's refusal to have LFI in the government is just a pretext to deny the election results.

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     Yogthos (yogthos@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 25-Aug-2024 23:08:24 JST Yogthos

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     In effect if Macron says no, he openly admits that he just doesn't accept the election results.

     Olivier Faure, who leads the Socialist party (the other big political force in the New Popular Front) backs up Mélenchon and says the "pretext of the presence of LFI ministers" isn't valid anymore.