Five years have passed, yet French voters seem to have remained politically stuck in this five-year period. The results of...
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That round system is such bullshit.
French people now have the choice between extreme right and extreme liberalism.
Except France has a semi-presidential system, without a majority in parliament a French president’s powers are limited. (the legislative elections are in one month)
That’s the problem, with this schedule, the winner allays get majority in parliament
Not always, thankfully. The real problem is that most voters ignore/forget about the legislatives. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohabitation_(government)#Cohabitation_in_practice
Worth noting how a bunch of parties that got 2~4% split the left and managed to ensure that Mélenchon lost to Le Pen by just 3%. Then they all turned around and endorsed Macron. This is a great breakdown of the whole thing.