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KomradeX
Oct 29, 2011

Agnosticnixie posted:

It's less than 60 in France but still pretty drat high, FN's biggest demographics are cops and career military.

Fascists vote for a fascist party who could have guessed that

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Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

lmao Macron is a monarchist

Tacky-Ass Rococco
Sep 7, 2010

by R. Guyovich
good, he can restore the House of Bonaparte.

Corek
May 11, 2013

by R. Guyovich
Napoleon III was a reformer with results

byob historian
Nov 5, 2008

I'm an animal abusing piece of shit! I deliberately poisoned my dog to death and think it's funny! I'm an irredeemable sack of human shit!

Bulgogi Hoagie posted:

i mean it's not like france has a history of crazies hurling petrol bombs at police for not great reasons lol http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0YA10T

theyre police what other reason could anybody need

Tacky-Ass Rococco
Sep 7, 2010

by R. Guyovich
Macron’s party buries French establishment in first round of legislative elections

KomradeX
Oct 29, 2011

Wasn't the turn out for France 48%? Yay sounds more like people giving up on electoral politics if you can't even get 50 percent

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


Lipstick Apathy
Up with Orleanism!

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

BrutalistMcDonalds posted:

Up with Orleanism!

They loving suck in Victoria Revolutions

Republicains all the way, interventionism and full citizenship

Fallen Hamprince
Nov 12, 2016



:pwn:

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

(and can't post for 21 days!)

RIP French labor rights & welfare :byewhore:

Fallen Hamprince
Nov 12, 2016

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

RIP French labor rights & welfare :byewhore:

Macron will usher in a thousand years of neoliberal darkness with his 'mandatory collective bargaining on a company-by-company basis' policy

lollontee
Nov 4, 2014
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

RIP French labor rights & welfare :byewhore:

Yeah well, Hollande made a good first on that front...

Vox Nihili
May 28, 2008

Fallen Hamprince posted:

Macron will usher in a thousand years of neoliberal darkness with his 'mandatory collective bargaining on a company-by-company basis' policy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron#Economy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Khomri_law

Vox Nihili
May 28, 2008


"The proposal technically maintains the 35-hour workweek, but allows companies to organize alternative working times without following industry-wide deals, up to a 48-hour workweek and 12 hours per day. In "exceptional circumstances," employees could work up to 60 hours a week."

KomradeX
Oct 29, 2011

Vox Nihili posted:

"The proposal technically maintains the 35-hour workweek, but allows companies to organize alternative working times without following industry-wide deals, up to a 48-hour workweek and 12 hours per day. In "exceptional circumstances," employees could work up to 60 hours a week."

The Nazis are gonna win their next election aren't they?

Vox Nihili
May 28, 2008

KomradeX posted:

The Nazis are gonna win their next election aren't they?

i expect the socialists (some flavor thereof, anyway) will be back in power in france within a few years. trump has helpfully poisoned the well re: the far right

KomradeX
Oct 29, 2011

Vox Nihili posted:

i expect the socialists (some flavor thereof, anyway) will be back in power in france within a few years. trump has helpfully poisoned the well re: the far right

But will they be actually socialists again or more of these people that hate the idea of socialism that still some how ended up controlling socialist parties?

Vox Nihili
May 28, 2008

KomradeX posted:

But will they be actually socialists again or more of these people that hate the idea of socialism that still some how ended up controlling socialist parties?

based on the late Mélenchon surge during the last election, i expect that actual socialism is not out of style in france. people were just really disappointed/angry with hollande

Bulgogi Hoagie
Jun 1, 2012

We

lmao owned

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

RIP French labor rights & welfare :byewhore:

fortunately they have many more of these than literally any other neighbouring country

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

People say Macron is Blair/Clinton, but he's more Bill, and I'd say Hollande was a Hillary

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme
Never Forget

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcCRz9YOXBQ&t=112s

Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon

Nonsense posted:

People say Macron is Blair/Clinton, but he's more Bill, and I'd say Hollande was a Hillary

hollande was hillary 2008 somehow winning

Lindsey O. Graham
Dec 31, 2016

"We're not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term."

- The Chief

mrbradlymrmartin posted:

if you love joy so much why did you veto our engagement after a week!

i did not do that, as i was showin' ma rear end in the senate big league when i started thinkin', why would mr.brad wanna' botha' with lil' ol' me

so, i waited by the phone, waitin' for you to call back first, an' you neva' did

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lollontee
Nov 4, 2014
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

Kurtofan posted:

hollande was hillary 2008 somehow winning

yeah, bus it's really weird how the PS vote just went farting into the wind afterwards right now. I thought the french wanted more protection of workers rights why didn't they vote for the perty that spent the past decade valiantly fighting for the proletariat, building socialismv in france? I just don't get it, abf I think hollande doesnte either

Whorelord
May 1, 2013

Jump into the well...

hollande should stand as president of mali imo

Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon

lollontee posted:

yeah, bus it's really weird how the PS vote just went farting into the wind afterwards right now. I thought the french wanted more protection of workers rights why didn't they vote for the perty that spent the past decade valiantly fighting for the proletariat, building socialismv in france? I just don't get it, abf I think hollande doesnte either

the ps vote went to macron lol

Whorelord posted:

hollande should stand as president of mali imo

thatd be rad

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



at first i thought macron's popularity would tank to hollande levels overnight but now it's clear he's smart enough to publicly declare trump bad, france good every few days so i dunno anymore

babypolis
Nov 4, 2009


im starting to understand why this guy became an icon to centrist fucks everywhere

Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon

babypolis posted:

im starting to understand why this guy became an icon to centrist fucks everywhere

the sexy demeanor?

Shear Modulus posted:

at first i thought macron's popularity would tank to hollande levels overnight but now it's clear he's smart enough to publicly declare trump bad, france good every few days so i dunno anymore

holland was such a goofy looking moffo lol

lollontee
Nov 4, 2014
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
Well, he is a rather handsome choice for a good and thorough reaming for the next few years. Hell, I wouldn't say no to him :wink:

babypolis
Nov 4, 2009

Kurtofan posted:

the sexy demeanor?


holland was such a goofy looking moffo lol

sexy and willing to gently caress olds

Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon
https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/875394454110294016

https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/875394985499209728

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

Macrons tech bros knocked a woman out

Agnosticnixie
Jan 6, 2015
France as a nation of tech bros, what could go wrong with this.

Fallen Hamprince
Nov 12, 2016

the startup talk probably plays better in france then it does in the home of the juicero

Plutonis
Mar 25, 2011

Can't wait for Le Pen 2021 with the full insane police state measures that Macron is making permanent

Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon

Plutonis posted:

Can't wait for Le Pen 2021 with the full insane police state measures that Macron is making permanent

you see, it's like a startup with a cop in every cubicle

also it's lepen 2022

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme
im amazed that the greeks havent burned down their government and declared a workers state by this time

which means that France is going to go fascist regardless of how hard it gets hosed by President techbro GILF hunter

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Agnosticnixie
Jan 6, 2015
They might sell to Google before the 2222 elections.

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