tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post2550115469653379563..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: The Diminishing Authoritarian CentrePhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-30076554039995010642022-04-26T18:05:02.975+01:002022-04-26T18:05:02.975+01:00President Mitterrand won a Second term: 1988–1995,...President Mitterrand won a Second term: 1988–1995,and after dissolving the National Assembly, a Parliamentary majority. <br /><br />Following his re-election, he named Michel Rocard as Prime Minister, in spite of their poor relations. Rocard led the moderate wing of the PS and he was the most popular of the Socialist politicians. François Mitterrand decided to organize a new legislative election. The PS obtained a relative parliamentary majority. Four centre-right politicians joined the cabinet.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01552405696180434097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-38684270896064240972022-04-26T09:38:30.286+01:002022-04-26T09:38:30.286+01:00That's right, M. Post amended to reflect that....That's right, M. Post amended to reflect that. One day I'll follow my own advice and not write at night when I'm knackered.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-8132365796790043202022-04-26T08:33:48.916+01:002022-04-26T08:33:48.916+01:00From a socialist's perspective, I would have t...From a socialist's perspective, I would have thought it interesting that Macron overwhelmingly relied on the largely unproductive vote: wealthy retirees and a (relatively slim, given their natural tendency toward the 'compassionate' left) youth, while - unmentioned in many articles - nearly 50 percent of 'working age cohorts between 25 and 64', ie, the productive class, voted Le Pen. <br /><br />Basically, one in two of all young and middle-aged adults voted Le Pen, and these are the people paying taxes and raising famililes, usually at the lower end of the scale. <br /><br />It suits the left to celebrate keeping the far-right out, but surely it should be more relevant that the socialists got nothing and the very people the left supposedly exists to represent are voting for fascists? <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-71365873200202279802022-04-26T01:10:33.293+01:002022-04-26T01:10:33.293+01:00The next presidential election in 2027 could well ...The next presidential election in 2027 could well see a left v right battle, but that won't mean Macron being knocked out because he can't run again. I think?Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397013854078132625noreply@blogger.com