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France's Macron dissolves parliament, calls new elections (www.dw.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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French President Emmanuel Macron has dissolved the lower house of parliament and announced fresh elections after his party's poor performance in the EU elections. His party was defeated by the far-right National Rally.

French President Emanuel Macron announced Sunday he was dissolving the National Assembly and calling a snap election after his centrist alliance was trounced by the far-right National Rally in the European Parliament elections.

According to the first exit polls, the National Rally won around 32%, more than double Macron's pro-EU coalition, which received 15% of the vote.

The first round of France's parliamentary election will be held on June 30 and a second round is scheduled for July 7.

Exit polls on Sunday have shown the far-right making substantial gains in other member states in the European Parliament election, including in Germany and Austria.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Interesting viewpoint. As a fellow American, I think that that kind of power would actually give POTUS the amount of power that the public seems to think they have. It's really the only way the federal government has to hold a Swiss-style referendum on a topic.

even if (and I assume there are) requirements for an election in X amount of time, can’t do it too often, etc.

I think the check there is "Why have you done this twice in 6 months? Parliament/Congress/Legislature, please impeach this clown."

Here in the US Congress isn’t just lawmakers, they do investigations, have committees, etc. and act as a check on executive power

Most legislatures around the world do the same things? I'm not sure why you think the French government is so different, especially given how much French culture/politics/philosophy influenced the Founding Farmers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"Hey let's impeach this idiot"

"Hey sorry we gotta focus on reelection because aformentoned idiot said so"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I think you forget that America has created possibly the dumbest election cycle known to man. I imagine it's not nearly as drawn out in France, especially for a snap election like this.

Also, an impeachment would 100% override the dissolution. That happens in America, too, before you mention it; when an impeachment vote is called pretty much everything else comes to a standstill.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

That's a product of the population not the constitution. And no I did not forget lol.