France’s President Emmanuel Macron on Monday raised the alarm over the “ill wind” of the rise of the far right in European politics, during a state visit to Germany ahead of key EU elections.

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    5 months ago

    Not from there, but didn’t he shove a ton of austerity down the French people’s throat, like raising the retirement age? There were big protests and stuff

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      5 months ago

      Exactly this. He’s a corpocrat, which is a big no-no in the french public eye. Also, he has more of an assimilation instead of integration style in regards to immigration politics, so he’s right leaning as well. Doesn’t help that the left doesn’t have any candidates that anyone can take seriously.