What's Happening In France?

[Spectric]

You need to look at the situation in France as part of something much bigger, the decline of the west and rise of the east. In the west we have spiraled our economies upwards in a vicous circle where cost of living keeps rising so our wages try to keep pace and in doing so have just priced ourselves out of the market. If you were looking to build white goods would you build them in Europe or France knowing that the cost of labour is high along with other business cost or get them built in the East ? This applies to our woodworking machinery, we all know that much is built in the east and not in europe so is why places like France are heading into turmoil as the people are facing high living cost, wage stagnation and see no solutions.

 

[Stan]

What's happening in France? Starmer couldn't run a bath (etc) - that's what's happening in France.

Did Starmer remember that in France, the 'C' and 'F' on the bath taps stand for 'cold' and 'freezing'? No? No wonder there are ructions.....

 

[John Brown]

I've never seen a pendulum swing too far one way. It goes against their very nature.

 

[Chris152]

You need to look at the situation in France as part of something much bigger, the decline of the west and rise of the east.

I think that's about right, and as that happens, there's a shift to the extremes as 'others' are blamed, nationalism increases, and reasonable thought goes out the window. France, UK, US, all seem to be following the same pattern. It's a weak strategy, one guaranteed to feed the decline.

 

[Vulcan]

France cannot call new Parliamentary elections until July - and Macron won't go.

I could get him to go, take his wig off in public. He’s the type that would never get over the humiliation.

 

[niemeyjt]

I could get him to go, take his wig off in public. He’s the type that would never get over the humiliation.

I more concerned for his beard

 

[BC'er]

France is now in a very precarious position with the far right threatening the very democratic principles upon which its democracy has been founded and developed since 1789.

You're worried the electorate might vote for the "wrong" people? Perhaps democracy will have to be suspended to better protect it from the voters?

 

[Chris152]

You're worried the electorate might vote for the "wrong" people? Perhaps democracy will have to be suspended to better protect it from the voters?

Absolutely hilarious.

Your quotation marks around 'wrong' suggest it can't be wrong if enough people vote for it? And if enough people vote for something, it's right?

As for protecting democracy from the voters, no idea what that means. But I would say that if democracy is to work, the voters need protection from the kind of racist, far right garbage spouted by the likes of Le Pen.