Braflix is awesome, it’s my default go-to

He talks to them alright: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2024/09/05/far-right-given-kingmaker-role-in-macron-s-prime-minister-search_6724909_5.html

Marine Le Pen’s phone has rung frequently. President Emmanuel Macron has been asking for the far-right leader’s opinion. What does she think of Xavier Bertrand for prime minister? Nothing good. Le Pen has a fierce hatred for Bertrand, the right-wing Les Républicains (LR) president of the northern region where is elected. And she let Macron know it. So, the representative of the moderate right is no longer a frontrunner for the job.

According to the Elysée, Le Pen was to have her voice heard, like the other party and group leaders in the Assemblée Nationale, on the advisability of appointing the former Brexit negotiator to the role.

A pariah in the July 7 legislative elections, where the spirit of the “republican front” to block the far right was rekindled, the RN has now taken on the role of kingmaker. “What a disgrace!,” commented David Djaïz, former rapporteur for the president’s National Council for Refoundation

Strike on Saturday, that’s the only constant so far

If you’d like to know Barnier’s stances recently :

On 27 August 2021, Barnier launched his presidential campaign.[28] [for the 2022 elections] In particular, he wants a three- to five-year moratorium on immigration to the European Union.[29] He proposes to "immediately stop regularizations, rigorously limit family reunification, reduce the reception of foreign students and the systematic execution of the double penalty ". On economic issues, he wants to raise the retirement age from 62 to 65, increase the working week and tighten the conditions for access to social assistance.[30] Many media organizations noted that Barnier sounded like a eurosceptic and Brexit supporter now, a sharp turn form his previous positions.[31][32]

Well he’s shown that he clearly does not want to run a left wing program, and would rather befriend the far right than giving up his power. That being said, he could try but nobody from the left union trusts him.

He’s essentially stuck in a corner, the only thing he’s done since the results of the parliament elections is try to gain some time, it’s been almost 60 days of no government.

That’s a good analysis, the 5th republic and it’s constitution is completely outdated and has allowed Macron’s numerous democratic abuse

Key point:

Through a combination of tactical subtlety, daring and technocratic brio, Mr Macron has divided and ruled French politics since 2017. But by indulging his characteristic desire to remain in complete control of events, even after losing, he is acting against the best interests of the country he leads.

Plummeting trust in politics has contributed to the rise of the far right across Europe, as well as in France. Against that backdrop, refusing to grant the election’s narrow victors at least a chance to forge a consensus is unwise and shortsighted. Mr Macron has in part justified his stance by the posing of a false equivalence of extremes between Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s hard-left France Unbowed party (LFI) and Ms Le Pen’s Rassemblement National. But after repeatedly relying on a broad republican front, including LFI, to keep Ms Le Pen out of power, that is nakedly disingenuous.

This clown said “My responsibility is that the country is neither blocked nor weakened. Government political parties must not forget the exceptional circumstances to the election of their deputies in the second round of the legislative elections. […]”

What an hypocrite

source in french

It would be interesting to see if the recent graduates found a job in the field they studied or not

This is quite a smart solution, good job !

Oh you watch the Olympics name all the medals 🤓 vibe

True that, I never thought of it that way

“earning” to be a woman sounds like the female equivalent to toxic masculinity

Well, in a way it doesn’t cost them anything because it’s already being broadcast on TV for free, since it’s the national / public TV

But also, I’m french and I despise having to give away my email to access “free” things so I just enjoy providing them with the most ridiculous emails, good luck with that database, fellow countryman 😈

I mentioned this in another thread : you can go to France Television’s website and sign up with a bogus email (there’s no check) to watch live broadcasts and replays for free !

One user pointed out to me that they may geoblock you, so a VPN would be recommended.

And then obviously it’s gonna be in french, which definitely isn’t ideal if you don’t speak the language lol

https://f-droid.org/packages/org.quantumbadger.redreader/

https://github.com/QuantumBadger/RedReader

I believe this one still works because it is designed for screen reader users, so they’re not paying for the API dings because of accessibility

I’d like more smaller scale projects and events to foster a sense of community, canvas is coming up and it will be a good test to see the dedication and activity of communities in the fediverse

Mmm petit déjeuner

President =/= Prime minister in France

The president is elected during the presidential elections, he then appoints (a nomination) his prime minister, who will be the head of the government, and in turn nominates his ministers.

It is common (but not the law) to appoint a prime minister that is from the party that has the parliament majority (through parliament elections that happen after the presidential elections)… Or whenever the president dissolves the parliament prompting new parliament elections. This is what happened here after the results of the European elections).

If the parliament disagrees with the nominated prime minister, they can hold a “No confidence vote” which forces the nomination of a new prime minister if it passes. So it’s not easy to be prime minister because you have to be “accepted” by the parliament. iirc last year the left tried 3 times to vote a no confidence in the previous prime minister, and was very close to succeed every time.

Usually the president is in charge of international affairs, and the prime minister of the national affairs, but we french have a hard on for king-like figures of state, so the president is kind of seen as the most important person in the government. The prime minister is mostly just his lap dog, a yes man that follows his orders 🥲