Jazz gave a nice summary of what happened in the French elections. Despite getting the largest number of votes and winning the popular vote in most of French territory, Marine Le Pen’s party came in third in the number of parliamentary seats won.
President Macron’s party managed to eke out a 2nd place finish in both vote totals and seats, and the big winners of the election were a coalition of Left-wing parties despite winning far fewer votes than Le Pen.
The result is a total deadlock in the parliament.
As interesting as the results are from a political perspective, what is striking to me is the reaction of the left vs that of the right.
We have been lectured time and again about how frightening it is that the “far right” National Rally might gain a majority in the elections–about how the Nazis are about to take over!!!–it is the big winners who are currently rioting in the…
