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French President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled his new government almost three months after a snap general election delivered a hung parliament.
The long-awaited new line up, led by Prime Minister Michel Barnier, marks a decisive shift to the right, even though a left-wing alliance won most parliamentary seats.
It comes as the European Union puts France on notice over its spiralling debt, which now far exceeds EU rules.
Among those gaining a position in the new cabinet is Bruno Retailleau, a key member of the conservative Republicans Party founded by former president Nicolas Sarkozy.
Just one left-wing politician was given a post in the cabinet, independent Didier Migaud, who was appointed as justice minister.
France’s public-sector deficit is projected to reach around 5.6% of GDP this year and go over 6% in 2025. The EU has a 3% limit on deficits.
Michel Barnier, a veteran conservative, was named as Macron’s prime minister earlier this month.
Members of the left-wing alliance, the New Popular Front (NFP) have threatened a no-confidence motion in the new government.
Far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon called for the new government to “be got rid of” as soon as possible.
On Saturday, before the cabinet announcement, thousands of left-wing supporters demonstrated in Paris against the incoming government, arguing that the left’s performance in the election was not taken into consideration.
What I called Democracy in the afforementioned thread was a hypothetical Democracy which redistrubes wealth and holds all people accountable as equals. An institution where people vote on policy and/or leaders to create a society thar benefits as many people as possible: the definition of the word.
But sure Slurp Slurp Slurp, cocksucker.
Your comment on that thread stated “Just tax the rich while maintaining a democracy,” which is describing a social “democracy”.
And this
is idealism. Under a system where everyone’s held equally accountable and benefits as many people as possible (aka communism), there wouldn’t be any leaders in the first place. And you will never get a redistribution of wealth under a liberal “democracy”; only through revolution. This one will stay hypothetical.
Bro stop wasting your time, their braincells are too tired for this.
Haha yeah, I’ll stop there.
The alternative to my “idealism” is either no system of laws at all or a system controlled by the force of an absolute ruler.
That is why I am calling you fake communists a bunch of Dictator Cocksuckers.