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BobMorane posted:... who is also not a delusional crook* nor an homophobic traditionalist catholic. We dodged two bullets last election... I would give him some time to mature to his new role. Basically, Macron is what the most cynical posters in this thread predicted, a way to put a "human face" on right-wing policies.
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Grapplejack posted:http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/emmanuel-macron-policies-beliefs-philosophy He sounds loving insane.
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# ? May 17, 2017 11:01 |
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gq posted:For Macron, the main obstacles in French society are the corporations, intermediary bodies and the political system, whose roles and functions all need to be re-investigated. Where is he going with this
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# ? May 17, 2017 12:03 |
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unpacked robinhood posted:Where is he going with this The Workers' Councils will be realized through generalized self-management. Down with the bureaucrats!
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unpacked robinhood posted:Where is he going with this The abolition of everything that exists to counterbalance the power of money.
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# ? May 17, 2017 12:36 |
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He is playing 4D échecs in order to weaken France enough to make a single Euro-state an inevitability, silly.
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# ? May 17, 2017 12:39 |
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Ardennes posted:I would give him some time to mature to his new role. Basically, Macron is what the most cynical posters in this thread predicted, a way to put a "human face" on right-wing policies. "Right wing policies" has a broader meaning than "lovely liberalism" to me. I don't intend to defend that dude, but he is no Fillon, that's all.
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unpacked robinhood posted:Where is he going with this "THE ANSWER TO 1793 IS 1717"
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# ? May 17, 2017 13:43 |
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Doctor Malaver posted:Europol drinking game: take a shot every time someone mentions decapitation. take a shot every time someone makes a ww2 joke about Germany
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# ? May 17, 2017 13:44 |
Dead Cosmonaut posted:take a shot every time someone makes a ww2 joke about Germany
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# ? May 17, 2017 13:46 |
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jBrereton posted:Rip the Europeans who did this at the time lmao
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# ? May 17, 2017 14:02 |
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jBrereton posted:Rip the Europeans who did this at the time Holy poo poo
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# ? May 17, 2017 14:11 |
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jBrereton posted:Rip the Europeans who did this at the time
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# ? May 17, 2017 14:15 |
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Here is Macron's cabinet: The economy and budget ministers are right-wingers. The labour minister is a former executive at Danone, Dassault and Orange (among others). Can you smell the coming austerity? Bonus fun fact: there's one black woman. Minister of sports.
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# ? May 17, 2017 14:41 |
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What does a Minister of Sports do? Ensure football is on TV on time?
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# ? May 17, 2017 14:42 |
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Lightning Lord posted:What does a Minister of Sports do? Ensure football is on TV on time? It's a position in several countries. They are a sort of minister of culture, but specifically for stuff pertaining to athletics. It's hard to pinpoint the responsibilities of that position off the top of my head, but I'd say they do stuff like represent the country on international athletic fora, promote and organise state-sponsored athletics competitions, review and propose legislation that pertains to sports, and so on.
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# ? May 17, 2017 14:50 |
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On this International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, Prime Minister Édouard Philippe named a massive homophobe in charge of the Budget
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# ? May 17, 2017 14:50 |
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Lightning Lord posted:What does a Minister of Sports do? Ensure football is on TV on time?
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https://twitter.com/achrisafis/status/864411836594216960
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# ? May 17, 2017 14:56 |
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A Buttery Pastry posted:The Minister of Sports has a wide array of responsibilities, from importing talent from the rest of the world (primarily French West Africa) to promoting major sports events like the Tour de France. It might not be an as obviously important position some of the others, but it is vital if France is to remain competitive in this arena, and thus a matter of national pride. Interesting that this is a position in the government, it seems like something that would be totally left to private industry in America.
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# ? May 17, 2017 14:58 |
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Lightning Lord posted:What does a Minister of Sports do? Ensure football is on TV on time? Actually because FIFA likes to force politics away from football(when it suits them ofc), most sports ministries/secretaries in Europe have a hands free approach to the goings of football, usually leaving the national federations and club associations deal with that nonsense. Government and government representatives only step in if things get really out of hand(usually on issues pertaining to violence). This of course is not at all responsible to the rampant corruption and shady business that goes on in European football.
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We're now at T-minus 20 years to Frexit.Lightning Lord posted:Interesting that this is a position in the government, it seems like something that would be totally left to private industry in America.
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Lightning Lord posted:Interesting that this is a position in the government, it seems like something that would be totally left to private industry in America. In the US, most of the governmental duties of the French Minister of Sports is instead done through the Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Commerce, and state-level athletics/sports commissions.
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# ? May 17, 2017 15:37 |
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Kassad posted:Here is Macron's cabinet: Sylvie Goulard was one of the few french votes in favor of CETA iirc.
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# ? May 17, 2017 15:49 |
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https://twitter.com/lemondefr/status/864859094242529280 Pierre Gattaz is loving this poo poo, unsurprisingly.
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# ? May 17, 2017 16:23 |
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A good news for the people who have wealth and power, they are going to get even more wealth and power.
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# ? May 17, 2017 16:40 |
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And that's Gerard Collomb, really buttmad after the senate cut his allowance because he never showed up.
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# ? May 17, 2017 16:49 |
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It's a good thing Macron wrapped himself in the EU flag and played the Ode to Joy during his inauguration. When he's finished loving the working class for the next 5 years it will make a great soundtrack for the attack ads Le Pen will run.
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# ? May 17, 2017 16:59 |
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I don't think Le Pen or any Le Pen-ite is ever going to win the presidency. What's going to happen is that she'll be a contender and pull the rhetoric on issues like immigration and race to the right, but the French will never become majority fascist or not turn out in sufficient numbers to keep her out. Elections like this one will become the new normal for a while, probably until Le Pen retires/is couped, with things continually getting worse and worse and worse. If there's one thing you can bet on in Western European politics it's the general hatred for and fear of actual meaningful change.
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# ? May 17, 2017 17:26 |
R. Mute posted:I don't think Le Pen or any Le Pen-ite is ever going to win the presidency. What's going to happen is that she'll be a contender and pull the rhetoric on issues like immigration and race to the right, but the French will never become majority fascist or not turn out in sufficient numbers to keep her out. Elections like this one will become the new normal for a while, probably until Le Pen retires/is couped, with things continually getting worse and worse and worse. The "do this or LePen 2022" argument is a very lazy argument used by people who don't want to actually argue their policy proposals but rather go "if you don't support us Nazis will take power". In my opinion its a terrible argument, because Trump was elected in spite or even because of Obamacare and the Obama stimulus.
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GaussianCopula posted:The "do this or LePen 2022" argument is a very lazy argument used by people who don't want to actually argue their policy proposals but rather go "if you don't support us Nazis will take power". In my opinion its a terrible argument, because Trump was elected in spite or even because of Obamacare and the Obama stimulus. Man, where were you 2 weeks ago when Macron was all "vote for me or else Le Pen 2017"?
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# ? May 17, 2017 18:14 |
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GaussianCopula posted:"if you don't support us Nazis will take power". In my opinion its a terrible argument
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# ? May 17, 2017 18:15 |
Flowers For Algeria posted:Man, where were you 2 weeks ago when Macron was all "vote for me or else Le Pen 2017"? Which was true. It's not unrealistic that the French presidency in 2022 will again be decided in the first round, with the winner getting a lay-up against LePen in the second round, even if Macron is about as popular as Hollande.
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# ? May 17, 2017 18:20 |
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Kassad posted:Bonus fun fact: there's one black woman. Minister of sports.
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# ? May 17, 2017 20:05 |
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I have no doubt she's perfectly qualified for the position. It's more that for an unprecedented shake up of French politics, it's awfully white.
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# ? May 17, 2017 20:10 |
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Kassad posted:I have no doubt she's perfectly qualified for the position. It's more that for an unprecedented shake up of French politics, it's awfully white.
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# ? May 17, 2017 20:15 |
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Not going to lie, I'm actually genuinely surprised that they didn't get Rama Yade for a token right wing minority woman.
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# ? May 17, 2017 20:19 |
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Toplowtech posted:And male and rightwing. Wait actually 50% of woman, no just rightwing. It is mostly men who got the more important positions.
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# ? May 17, 2017 20:24 |
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Doctor Malaver posted:Except for the ridiculous pose, the whole photo is very Dutch. Nah, doesn't feature a copious amount of hair gel
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thats a hell of a gov
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