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French Post-Election Follies🎉: Into The Great Wide Open
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French Post-Election Follies🎉: Into The Great Wide Open

In France's political culture, "compromise" is a four-letter word.

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Jul 15, 2024
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Let’s start with the good news, and then go downhill from there.

On July 7 the French got their act together and prevented the far-right Rassemblement National party from getting the most seats in the French National Assembly. To seize control, a party needs 289 seats for a majority in the 577-seat assembly.

Despite polls showing Marine Le Pen’s RN likel…

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