French Election 2024: President Macron's Approach Was A 'Miscalculation' Says French Senator

Immigration and the economic cost of living were prominent pillars of the discontent that bolstered far-right parties in the recent European Union elections.
French President Emmanuel Macron’s domestic response to their success was to call a snap election - taking the nation - and even his own centrist party - by surprise.
The first round result sent tremors through the political landscape in France and across Europe as Le Pen’s party won the most seats and the biggest share of the vote.
Suddenly the prospect of a far-right French government for the first time since the Second World War seemed not only possible but even probable.
The reaction was desperate - but ultimately effective - as parties of the left and centre collaborated in an unholy alliance to sacrifice their own interests and keep out the right at all costs.
In the second round of voting, political rivals stepped aside to avoid splitting the anti-populist vote - and it worked.
The leftist alliance the New Popular Front emerged with most seats, followed by Macron’s centrist Ensemble coalition with Le Pen’s National Rally reduced to third place.
Senator Nathalie Goulet of the centrist Union of Democrats and Independents joins Riz Khan to find some answers to the many questions facing France after the elections.
_
Like us on Facebook: / alarabiya.english
Follow us on Twitter: / alarabiya_eng
Follow us on Instagram: / alarabiya_eng
Like us on Google+: goo.gl/L5Nqcx
Al Arabiya English website: english.alarabiya.net/
Subscribe to our CZcams channel: goo.gl/fQ0RkI
__
The English site of the Arab world's leading news channel
#france #frenchelections #macron #politics

[@Salman-sc8gr]

Should have asked this clever lady if the French resistance to Nazi occupation was terrorists?

[@gerharddeusser9103]

I've seen private estates in London and Edinbourough that I mistook for the public parcs in big cities of France and Germany....Hectares of Hectares of plain but well kept grass with a relatively tiny mansion in the middle...

[@Salman-sc8gr]

Micron said he would rule like Jupiter

[@christrinder1255]

Excellent programme…. I was very interested to hear what’s happening in the French political landscape ….and of the U.K……and our current situation….

[@jeanjacquesdessalines1425]

Brigitte is the boss !

[@malaydhar917]

Congratulations to people of France to support leftist the most. 🌺✍️💚-bmd

[@luciakroiter6426]

We have lots of analysis on the European political systems and division of powers, however, we would like to have more details on the extremely opac political systems and decision making processes in the GCC countries, starting with the Saudi Arabia as a confederation of tribes, and so on.