France has a very powerful presidency because of that rotten De Gaulle, and relies like all strong-presidency republics, on nobody calling the bluff and pushing the limits of that power. Macron is doing so in order to prevent the formation of a left-wing government.
Link given in the comments here, in english, easy to understand and very interesting (I learned things even if I'm French): https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1827474244856365440.html
Macron lose to the left alliance
Call for truce during Olympics
Olympics are finished since 2 weeks, still no decision made except "not those guys from the left LFI party"
Find all kind of dumb excuses to reject left prime ministers candidates
LFI ask if they guarantee not one of them will join the government, would you finally accept the global left prime minister (Lucie Castet) ?
Can anyone break this down into dumb american?
France has a very powerful presidency because of that rotten De Gaulle, and relies like all strong-presidency republics, on nobody calling the bluff and pushing the limits of that power. Macron is doing so in order to prevent the formation of a left-wing government.
Link given in the comments here, in english, easy to understand and very interesting (I learned things even if I'm French): https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1827474244856365440.html