I don't think it's so much that Macron doesn't care because the opposition is weak. As long as they don't assassinate him pissing off literally every French person will lead to a better life for him than pissing off the banks would.
Sure. The pressure of his actual financial and corporate backers is essential. But I think they also overplayed their hand a bit with this.
Also tbh I don’t even think Macron would care that much about handing over government tot he RN, who will likely continue the basic economic policies of his backers but crack down on the left, Muslims and immigrants. He can’t run again so either he has to pass it on to someone else in financier party Renaissance or accept the harder right taking the reigns.
The worst case scenario is that the authoritarian neoliberal establishment sides more fully with, and so swings to supporting the RN in response to a growing left political power but before the latter can properly organize and provide a political alternative.
Obvs this is all still in the ultimately limited game of electoralism.
I suspect that it’s going to come to a head this decade where the liberals will have really exhausted any remaining goodwill from the electorate due to their economic policies and the election will eventually come down to the left vs the far right. Unfortunately even if the left wing bloc wins it will probably be very Sox dem, rather than revolutionary.
I don't think it's so much that Macron doesn't care because the opposition is weak. As long as they don't assassinate him pissing off literally every French person will lead to a better life for him than pissing off the banks would.
Sure. The pressure of his actual financial and corporate backers is essential. But I think they also overplayed their hand a bit with this.
Also tbh I don’t even think Macron would care that much about handing over government tot he RN, who will likely continue the basic economic policies of his backers but crack down on the left, Muslims and immigrants. He can’t run again so either he has to pass it on to someone else in financier party Renaissance or accept the harder right taking the reigns. The worst case scenario is that the authoritarian neoliberal establishment sides more fully with, and so swings to supporting the RN in response to a growing left political power but before the latter can properly organize and provide a political alternative. Obvs this is all still in the ultimately limited game of electoralism.
I suspect that it’s going to come to a head this decade where the liberals will have really exhausted any remaining goodwill from the electorate due to their economic policies and the election will eventually come down to the left vs the far right. Unfortunately even if the left wing bloc wins it will probably be very Sox dem, rather than revolutionary.