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As a French I must rectify, we did not have elections, we had a tv reality show
Welcome to democracy buddy!
it feels like that's the way things are everywhere, right now
As an American I can relate T-T
@@prisonmike7179 as an Algerian I can’t relate we know who will be the president even before the candidates are announced 😭😭😭
As an American, Itll get worse before it gets better. *hug*
When you mention left wing political analysts, you should have also mentioned yourself. While Franch-language content might be particularly impactful rn in France, you are for me (and certainly many others) a very important voice who often puts in words phenomena that are hard to explain even with leftist basics already there. The first video of yours that showed how much I learn from you was the "Liberal Femisim leads to Fascism" video and since then you've added so much to my own further political education. Thank you so much for that. What I learn from you is constantly put to use, in leftist workshops and gatherings, Uni as well as conversations with friends and family.
I agree. Whenever I remember that Alice is French I feel so greatful that she chose to make her content ok English.
Well as a European let me tell you that she is grossly misinforming you about the situation in France and Europe in general
@@RhythmAddictedState she as a matter of fact isn't, just the part where she talks about far right "myths" and strawman the far right by saying that they instrumentalize isolated act of violence meanwhile we have conclusive data on the incredible overrepresentation in crimes and sexual crimes in particular among immigrants and refugees from Africa and the middle east is incredibly dishonest, also mentioning that the majority of rapes happen between people who know themselves, but not mentioning that in cases of rape where the rapists and the victim don't know each other the rapists is 80-90% an immigrant(again an african or middle eastern immigrant, because it's not Chinese immigrants doing this study)
@@Victorvondoom9159 I'm European, too, and get information and news outside her videos that reinforce and match what she's talking about. Thanks for trying to mansplain me
@@cosyreadingtimes8857 well you get your information from clearly biased sources, given what she says is inaccurate, also mansplaining? How does that term even make sense here? I had no idea you were a woman before you mentioned it
The video misses the point about the left alliance being very temporary and situational because no party on the left wanted to risk loosong parliament seats. The socialst (in name only), green and communist (in name only) parties are actually less willing to form a coalition with La France Insoumise and are trying to find common grpund with Macron. No government was formed yet as the left alliance while having obtained the most seats didn't obtain a majority. The situation is far from being clear.
Yes thank you !! Macron has clearly refused to acknowledge the NPF's victory, which is already tearing apart to choose a prime minister candidate that Macron will refuse anyway. Macronists are already working with the right to overcome the left's slight majority and just reelected their candidate as president of the National Assembly. Also Macron is pushing the Constitution to its limits by keeping the government in place 2 weeks after elections to conduct "current affairs" (ie enforcing passed bills such as racist immigration law...)
Insightful comment. Would love @Alice Cappelle to address core reason why people vote for the far right - let's be honest with ourselves, people are fed up with political correctness regarding immigration to Europe (high crime rate among few nationalities, communities isolating/isolated from the rest of society radicalizing themselves etc.)
I am lefty but if we continue to ignore these problems by shouting RACIST, rather than address them people will continue to vote for people like Geert Wilders & Le Pen. And one day, they may actually seize power.
@@maciej5101 well this discourse is actually that of the right and far right that has infused in public debate for half a century now. Yes sociological works show that far right vote is motivated by racism. That's it. Fighting the far right is fighting racism. Unless you just wish to beat far right in the poll, then yes it's easier to advocate for (far) right policies yourself. But people prefer the original to the copy, this is a losing strategy AND it gives credit to racist policies and discourse.
@@maciej5101 I am very doubtful of anyone who proclaims to be on the left while using right-wing notions like ’’political correctness’’ and fear mongering about ethnic minorities.
@@drtg101we7 No idea about situation in France specifically, but I see danger in implying that right-wing voters are uneducated/stupid/racist/seek violence & it's quite common in such spaces. That's very elitist attitude, contrarian to essence of the left I hold in high regard: listening to everyone and answering their concerns.
I have no reason to prove anything to you, but I work in one of the most inclusive workplaces you may find, writing this very message from country affected by a war. Believe it or not, we're just strangers on UA-cam.
As a French person, I've been closely following the political situation but I know that isn't the case for everyone! Thank you for all the work you do and the awareness you bring to things, your videos are always refreshing and thought provoking
As an American, it's pretty cool to get an insider's perspective on European politics. Subscribed, and thanks!
A far leftist insider
@@MN-vz8qm Thats the future of Europe. Now its time for conservatives to obey
@@MN-vz8qm She's pretty clear on that, but thanks!
@@curtisfrazierjr. Well, as long as you know that you are watching a heavily biased opinion with an obvious fantastic narrative, it's all good
@@MN-vz8qm the fantastic narrative that the far-right is rising in france?
As a U.S. citizen, your description of a right-wing dystopian future is, unfortunately, our current reality.
It's dystopian future only in metric system(c)
You're a step ahead
Did i lose sth? Didn't the left win albeit it will be hard to form government but still they can't be sad
We know.
A lot of countries are apparently seeing the US and saying "we want that here"
As an activ person campaigning for the NFP in a far-right inclined District, i confirm that feminist activists were massively invested on the battleground, as other militant forces. But the decisive change was the massive number of left-inclined civilians who rose to join the militant groups for this one time, aware of the unprecedented stakes of those elections.
You are strange and weird for supporting communists and traitors. Start being normal and patriotic
Enjoy your third invasion
You are a disgrace for your country
Same in The Netherlands, except the far right Freedom Party did make it to government. I doubt they will last long. Already their ministers were more or less forced to distance themselves from the great replacement theory.
Bro it says you posted this 21 hours ago and the video is only 2 hours ago, man who let youtube cook? 💀
But, "distancing" themselves is just like hiding your dirty underwear under a clean suit. I doubt they don´t believe in that and act on that in pragmatic ways that keep the disguise of distance funcional
@@diosamurcielaga9418Matter of fact they have not distanced themselves from the idea, only from the term. They have only found new terms to describe the same ideas they continue to hold.
Anybody who calls it a theory cannot do elementary level math
@@ether158 Yes, it's everyone else. They are all using the word wrong. They don't understand numbers. When you explain they simply refuse to understand. That's probably it.
Your channel is literally why UA-cam was invented. Great storytelling! I I have so much to learn from you for my video essays 💛
As a queer brown person living in paris, I feel so proud of the french people that they mobilized and stood up against the wrong when it was needed. I have lived in the US, netherlands and germany and now I was almost looking for a country to move to due to increasingly xenoophobic and homophobic environment in france. But french people stayed true to the national value of the country and made me feel increadibly accepted here (altho I know the right wing for 10M + votes) but it is important that the left mobilized when it was dire to do so
@@sidhantkalia2556 I find France the most homophobic among netherlands and germany. Idk about US. Probably in spite of you being brown (you underlined it, so I felt like you wanted it to be underlined?) you are rich enough to go in the queer bars in paris where a beer costs 20€. The rest of France is increasingly homophobic also thanks to muslim immigrants.
The LGBTQ is a tool of Western colonialism and White supremacy and is therefore a far-right fascist agenda. This is why the original Eastern communists purged the LGBTQ. The only PoC who support the LGBTQ are usually raised in the West, so it's obvious that they are Westernized and White-washed, unfortunately. The LGBTQ goes against traditional Eastern values which is why we Easterners resisted Western imperialism and its fascist LGBTQ agenda. I wouldn't even mind if the Middle East declared a jihad on the queer West.
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C’est super touchant ! 😊❤️
Please make more videos talking about French politics! I love to read newspapers in French, but sometimes I still feel like I don’t get the whole thing and this video helped me so much to understand the full perspective of the elections! Love your videos ❤
I am in Canada and watching the US election. It is very worrying. Yes, I agree the importance of the public institutions such as Canadian Broadcast Corporation. But it gets repeated attacked which make it hard to do their job. And secondly, you are right - when I look at politics and US in particular - election is about emotion not policies. It is an appeal to people emotion. (And there are Canadian politicians who would love to copy Trump).
I often wonder why people are attracted to Trump. People mistake government for entertainment. I think Trump is an avatar for our dark impulses. He is a living example that people can act on their darkest impulses and not have any consequences. Every time he bends the rules and gets away with things - it legitimate they too can act this way without consequences.
I wonder quite the same when I see how popular is Pierre Poilievre where as i don't see anything good in its public policy plans for Canada future.
meh, the right accuses the left of being only about emotions too. It's a common pejorative throughout political faction to call the other guys 'emotional'.
When Trump was president, no soul in the Planet wanted to start a diplomatic crisis with the West. After Biden won, every eastern country had turned their backs at us and started wars, etc. He also didn't start any wars so idk why are you all so afraid of him.
@@vulkanofnocturne and they are kind of right. Every time the Right exposes the increases in violence and rapes due to massive immigration, the left uses the shield of "poor people, we have to be solidary"
@@vulkanofnocturneit's not specific to the right or the left. But it is specific to partisan electoral politics. Appealing to the emotions is the most effective way to get votes.
“Greek babes.” 💀
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I mean, they are.
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Capitalist realism, Mark Fisher, capitalism has stolen our ability to dream of something better. 😢
*Fisher
I mean it's not just capitalism, the failures of socialism had quite a lot to do with it as well. Like you couldn't look at the late 1990s and early 2000s and not get the idea that socialism was mostly a spent idea and that there would be no bright future waiting for anybody.
But imagination is innate, we have to get out of the goo, breath some fresh air and think and feel hard to we can imagine something better. 😉 Let's get to that as soon as possible.
@@MCArt25 I think your problem is with authoritarianism and not socialism...
Just imagine more bro Xd
15:15 I think this was my first step into getting more political. During the pandemic and Bolsonaro's goverment, a bunch of explicitly leftists streamers started appearing there (most known is Ian Neves/História Pública, who appeared on The Deprogram once). Although there is too much criticism for that strategy, I can swear it was properly effective in catching the attention of a bunch of people who really thought it was the end/"I don't care about politics, I'm apolitical"/I felt alone with my ideas until now/etc.
Omg. I was waiting so much for your comments about the election. The media in my country didn't make anything clear about it. Thanks for the videooooo
She completely missed all the points, I can't believe a human being living in France can be so off
Yes , the day I am sad , the day I feel alone , the day it seems all hope is lost about meaningful friendships . Alice upload a video I know the video is political, but sometimes even the slightest smile from someone means a lot. I think the owner of this channel is sincere every time she speaks, and that's what I need right now
felt it
Take care, mate.
One thing to note is that the French constitution mandates that the election happens between 20 and 40 days after dissolution. So a delay some would consider "normal" (2 or 3 months) is expressly forbidden. This means that the government had three potential dates : 30 June, 7 or 14 July. However the two last dates would have either of the two election rounds fall on bastille day (14 July).
The reason for this is that after world War 2 they wanted to make sure that a new parliament would be quickly selected to counter balance the power of the president and government
You could announce that you will dissolve the parliament in 3 months and sign the dissolution bill 40 days before said date. If he wanted to give us time he could have done it.
20:50 this is the same argument by every sides of politic : "I am rationalist, the others are idealist." By itself, this is not an argument, just à formulation to justify us and discredit our opponents based on our fondamental values. Anyone that is concurring with some values will say it for his party.
and the funniest part is that it's a MARXIST who says that. one should be really not self-aware to say so
Except it's more than rationalism vs idealism
It's the very philosophical ground of the different ideologies
Far left is deeply influenced by marxism and the enlightment, and therefore, materialist. It has idealistic movements within (most notably within ecologist and anarchist sub-movements), but materialism is its clear basis.
Liberal inherits enlightment system, but lacks the whill to make it its whole dogma: accepting all scientific facts from sociology or ecology is deeply inconsistent with their beloved liberal capitalism, therefore, they turn blind eyes on many things, even tho they are mostly materialist on everything that doesn't contradict them.
The far right is by essence (lol), extremly essentialist. Be it because of its ties to religion, but also because of its attraction to society models that stays the same and don't allow for much social movement. It is rooted in racism, would like to believe that class "is inherited because some people are just better than others" etc ...
Therefore, it is super idealist: it believes the ideas structurate the world, and not the opposite.
Even deeper, the right/left divide is that of people who want to change the world for a better one (progressist)/people who want to stay (liberals/centrists)/people who want to roll back or stop adapting (conservative/reactionnaries). The right-left axis is therefore one of past-present-future. The fact that the left is more materialist is just a logical alignment with scientific and educational progress, it aligns with advanced views of the world, while the right (especially the far right) aligns with views of the past, which it romanticizes, hence the idealism.
Hello, I'm Australian and have lived in France for 32 years. Finally I have discovered your show on UA-cam. You present an interesting, informed and intelligent analysis of what is going on in France and
A big cause of the rise of the far right in France is also because the left parties almost officially gave up on campaigning to rural areas and blue collars : in 2011 there was an extremely influencial report from Terranova (a think thank close to the socialist party) that pushed the left to basically give up on issues such as labor's rights, medical deserts or public services (considering the people to whom these policies would matter are uneducated, basically doomed to be racist and will vote for the right anyway) and instead solely focus on tokenizing "cultural and progressive values" aimed at urban voters. Since then the far right has kept rising, and when you look at the voting map, the divide between cities and rural/desindustrialized areas is very obvious, which was not the case before.
To be fair, within the popular front, Melenchon and the communists are not in this line as much. But the socialists and the green clearly are. For example, several green mayors in large cities (Grenoble or Lyon f.e) push for policies directly aimed at excluding low-income people from rural areas from even entering the cities by forcing them to buy a new greener car with the money they don't have.
Sounds like PA, U.S.
Leftists of Alice sort simply despise the natives, and want them powerless. But they like the aesthetics of being on the side of the common man, and will convince themselves that's what their appeal is when they ally with urban immigrant stew.
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Does rural France have the same problem as the rural parts in East Germany? Because there, the main problem really is emigration. It‘s a bit of a chicken-or-egg thing: do people leave because of the crumbling infrastructure, or is the latter only cut because people keep moving to the cities? This, combined with a rising shortage in skilled labour, makes me really wonder why no party has the guts to actually confess that without immigration, those regions will be empty within the next 10-20 years.
Have you ever lived in Lyon or Grenoble ? Because indeed, I am not a fan of EELV, they are way too [neo]liberal for my taste, but gosh, their transit and green policies are actually good. I moved to the outskirts of Grenoble 3 years ago, and I bought a car because I thought I would absolutely need one. Grenoble was pioneer in 30km/h, which sounded dumb on paper but was actually sm better in practice, I started by driving at 40km/h and improved my driving a lot, it became less jerky and speedy and more smooth and pleasant. After 1 year, I sold my car because I didn't even use it that much. Tramways and buses are enough and the bike network, infrastructure and specially rental subsided prices are amazing. As a working class person with a tight budget, it considerably saved me a ton of money (car insurance, reparations etc were an insufferable financial burden) and made my transportation more pleasant, biking between mountains is amazing, trams work smoothly.
I really don't get the argument of green measures being anti-poor, even by EELV, it seems like just a chauvinist car-attached position.
Thanks for doing all this in english.
I don't always agree with you, which is the beauty of it, but fell in love at first glance with your channel.
I am Italian, and the ignorance we have on our neighbours is really unjustified
I will just say that it brought tears to my eyes to hear one more time The International in the same place where the Paris Commune was born 🥹
The "centre" establishment parties across the world are all united in doing their best to cultivate and promote a fascist future though intentional ineptitude.
We all have our own Macron.
Middle ground fallacy be like
When ruling center party starts losing support, they always pander to the right or adopt the right's policies. I wonder why. Happened in my country too. Probably because of capitalism.
@@zacsubachwell if you get to know the history of the betrayal of the german revolution 1917, eg from Bes D Marx‘s excellent breakdown, you will realize that reformists are extremely proximate to literal Nazis, because both try to protect the capitalist mode of production via carrots and sticks, with sucdems being more carrots and fascists more sticks (the symbol of italian fascism and its linguistic reference, fasces, are literally a bunch of sticks lol
the4 Macron is Hitler LMFAOOOOOO YOU PEOPLE ARE FUCKED
@@zacsubach because ask yourself, if taken to their extremes, left or right, which would suit better big capital.
"Narrative" is the word i loathe most in the last few years. It means the story is more important than real life. So it's really refreshing to hear that - as you put it - the left doesn't need narratives because it's real.
I agree, but if we lacked the word “narrative”, we’d be unable to describe - and reveal - just what you rightly point to…?
That is also the Left's weakness in that narratives give the appearance of overcoming ignorance. In a world where public education is hanging by the thread, and ever increasing volumes of social knowledge are locked behind IPRs, narratives offer an easy way out. I don't know how the left can overcome the convenience afforded by such a device, but I imagine it will have to embrace the ideological necessity of ignorance, i.e. we are always ignorant of something, as well as the principle of accountability resulting from the abolition of immunity.
@@musiqteeI think _affects_ are beyond narratives, and the reality of the Left, that alice also refers to, is perhaps its sensitivity to the discontinuities, the outliers, the pathological, the erroneous - aspects we are made aware of through affective disruptions when something actually doesn't fit our narrative.
high inflation, high gas price, more crime and wars are real. parties that are not in power have narratives.
@@redstatesaint Yes, I agree. I alluded to the prevalent, naturalised or incumbent narrative - not the subjective one. At this time, the value of & from the collective is pretty much hijacked by nationalism as a collective effort.
Socialism as an idea is portrayed as alienating - and alienated voters have taken that bait for some decades across OECD. A clear breach of logic, but sadly - we observe voters go for “liberalism” when liberalism through four decades is braking their backs.
Adam Smith was clearly in error, positing human beings always being rational in a market economy. Brilliantly weaponised as the industrial and otherwise upscaled financial “liberalism” took hold around a young Marx.
We’re not all rational in any economy, it seems… And I believe it’s imperative for the left to reintegrate this intuition holistically. After all, being human without forced externalities used to be the inclusive force of socialism. Add ecology into this, and there may be a meaningful and transnational path to join…?
Merci d'avoir crée ces vidéos sur la politique en france, j'avais suivi l'élection mais les détails et l'histoire m'ont manqué. C'est tellement encroyable (selon moi) qu'il était possible de créer un parti comme ça dans juste quelques semaines et puis gagner... la puissance de l'activisme en france est tellement forte ! Ici au canada je pense que la politique ressemble à celle de la france - un parti 'neoliberal' et un parti d'opposition beaucoup plus conservateur qui (peut-être) va gagner à cause d'une population qui est devenue chaque jour de plus en plus 'anti-immigration'... mais je sais pas si c'est possible ici d'avoir une élection comme la votre, les gens ici en ont marre de la politique.
I wrote this in French to continue practicing, but in English also:
Thanks for making these videos on French politics, I had followed the election but was lacking the details & its history. It's absolutely incredible (in my opinion) that it was possible to just create a party like that in a couple of weeks and then win... French activism is truly powerful! Here in Canada I think that the politics are similar to that of France - a 'neoliberal' party and a (much more conservative) opposition party which (maybe) will win thanks to a population which has become more and more anti-immigration each day... but I don't know if it's possible to have an election like yours, people here are sick of politics.
The normalisation of hate-speech is just disgustingly relatable for me viewing from turkey
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hate comes from the left... just look at how they cancel and call "fascists" and "nazis" anyone who disagree with them. Not long ago one of the left leader even used the term on another rleft wing leader
We are constantly ruled by people who hate and isolate us sadly
Was ist mit Hassreden gegen syrische Flüchtlinge in der Türkei?
@@orjansora5076 your reading comprehension needs work
You are iconic! I found you through the Barbie video, but I saved it for a few years ago after I caught up on all your other stuff. I don’t always agree with you on everything but I admire your positions and I like how you think and value your perspective in the world. You come from a good place and I really am glad I found your channel last year. It’s helped me to really stay grounded in this world lol. Because there are coockoo people out here.
ur literally the only person that can make me care about french politics! thanks for the great video as always.
The lack of awareness on the overton windows' evolution throughout the last decades is very telling. The irony here is rather scary but ok
Intelligence coupled with lack of awareness is the common denominator of every video posted in this channel. It's disheartening.
thanks for creating this vid in increasingly scary times
yeah the left is scary
Hi, Alice! As always thank you for this video! When watching what is happening in France, I was waiting when you will drop video about it, so I can understand what is really going on there. I don't get politics very well. I tried researching videos, articles, etc about left and right wings, so I got a scoop of it. But please, can you suggest videos, books, articles or even make video yourself, about Politics for beginners and what are those wings? Also I would like information not to be biased. As always thank you very much! 😁
American here. We are also VERY concerned.
No we are not, because we are voting for trump.
@@dragonbeardableit’s easy to be happy when you are ignorant 🤷🏻♀️ unless you are a very wealthy, selfish, white male capitalist… right wing policy will not benefit you.
And immigration is vital for our country- they commit far less crime than citizens do and work very hard. It took my father 12 yrs to get citizenship and he had a masters degree, married an American, had American children, paid American taxes, owned American assets and an American software company was sponsoring his visa. We need to expedite citizenship and expand union protections for everyone. Most undocumented immigrants are visa overstays that came through legal ports of entry, not random people sneaking over the border
@@dragonbeardable If you want to became evangelist theocracy, it's your choice lfmao.
I find it strange that you never address the elephant in the room, which is the institutional setting in the case of France. Namely, the fact that general elections result from a district-by-district two-round majority vote prevents proportional representation, gives rise to uncanny electoral alliances like NFP and potentially causes the most popular parties (RN) to obtain few seats. Were the institutional setting different, we would have a similar situation as Italy where the parliament has a far-right majority.
The left collaborated with macrons party to drop their candidates from the triangulars and did tactical voting to keep RN mps out. The results of the elections definitely don't represent the French electorate which was shown clearly in the EU elections
Great, informative video. As an English speaking Australian, it's so important to have people like you able to share what is happening to the world so we can all be better aware, despite our different languages. One recommendation I would have, is that when you're putting up a bunch of examples of tabloids/press/websites as examples, when they are all in french, they become somewhat meaningless, it would be great if an english translation/summary could be included at least for the title of the articles, would make it a lot more accessible for those of us who aren't smart enough to speak more than 1 language lol
Thank you so SO much for this, as a French person who was really concerned by these elections, this is the perfect summary to educate my relatives and foreign acquaintances about what is actually happenning (even though apparently most foreign media says that these elections were problematic). Great video ! ✨✨
6:12 to say it was the french left who did it is very disingenuous. Without the support of Macron's block (not Macron), it would have been impossible to block the national rally.
The left and Macron's alliance coordinated removing candidates in many, many seats to consolidate the anti national rally vote. Millions of left-wing voters voted for Ensemble candidates, and millions of centre voters voted for the left, even traditionally centre right voters voted for macronists and leftist candidates.
The NFP won more votes in the first round than Macron's party in the first round. If anything, they helped them more to win seats and be the second party in parliament instead of the third as the polls predicted.
About 70% of NFP voters reported their votes to an Ensemble candidate, while 40% of Ensemble voters reported their votes to a NFP candidate.
127 NFP candidates quit the run to help an Ensemble candidate, while 81 Ensemble candidates quit the run to help a NFP candidate.
Yes there is a sizeable subset of Macronistes who helped with the "barrage", but the left participation is quite larger.
And the sentence you're replying to says that the left "did it" is about the fact that they built a coalition and got the relative majority of votes. So calling it disingenuous seems disingenuous.
@ValentinRobert Yes, the left pushed harder than others to block the national rally, but the line I am referring to is "the left did it, they pushed the far-right to third position". The left where not the ONLY ones that pushed national rally to third position, it was them and a big mayority of the rest of the voters.
I do not want to undervalue the effort made by many of the left, but had the left been the only ones voting anti natinal rally the results would have been very different.
There is a huge difference between how the left seems themselves and how it really is. The last part of this video is almost funny
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Interesting the view of right idealism versus left realism, thanks for the vids and for exporting french politics !
LES GOATS
thats what we call a cult and everone to the right of stalin is literally Hitler
It’s really nice to get an explainer from someone “on the ground”. Thank you!
I was eagerly waiting for your take on the French elections!!
a bunch of leftist non sense
Thank you Alice, I was waiting for that video! Great analysis, I very much see the parallels in Germany as well, the blurring of journalism and opinion is very destructive to political discourse. I hope we'll learn one or two things from the French activism when our election is coming up soon...
can americans be inspired by this video instead of crying and pouting in their rooms alone, jfc
Hmmm. I don't think Macron wanted a far right prime minister, based on what we know about Bruno Roger Petit and his other advisors that were in favor of this dissolution, he was expecting a divided left and tho an easy 2nd turn as 4 left candidates would mean an Ensemble candidate in 2d turn in most circonscriptions and left electors would vote for them.
There is no Far-Right in France though.
@@Historia.Magistra.Vitae. Of course the country that invented far right with anti Revolution movements, was one of the most antisemit country at the end of the 19th century, who had politics who collaborates with the nazi (Vichy), and had anti decolonization movements with white supremacists in Algeria has no far rights... my dude, don't know what is your definition of far right, but I'm a bit scared.
You missed an opportunity not doing this video in French with subtitles. That would have been disorienting but in a good way.
i don't understand why doesn't she do her videos in french. why are left-wing youtubers so focused on the anglosphere even when they are not from english speaking countries?
I think she just has a genuine interest in bringing French news to a wider audience around the world.
why alice doesn't have a french channel? why hakim doesn't have an arabic channel? why yugopnik doesn't have a serbo-croatian channel? why jonas čeika doesn't have uuhhh, i am not sure, seems like he is a lithuanian from norway, so why he only does his videos in english? i am not sure if he is an actual lithuanian who knows lithuanian language, or he is just someone who is a child of lithuanian migrants, but what i do know is that there is a HUGE lack of left-wing perspective in lithuania, i know this because i am lithuanian myself. the only left-wing youtuber i know who has both english and non-english channels is badempanada, who has a channel in spanish even tho it's not his native language. but his spanish channel is not very active. so why, why everyone only do videos in english? i would like to see alice's videos in french cuz i am learning french. and probably not everyone knows english in non-english language countries, so they could, maybe, do more influence locally...
Agree, this one definitely needs a French dub/version
@@jeanivanjohnson UA-cam pushes English speaking content moreso than whatever language you might speak natively, Europeans also tend to speak multiple languages so most people in Europe would be able to understand it without the need of subtitles.
A channel in French and another in English could split the viewer base and is more effort, also those who need the most education regarding these topics are solely English speakers in general i bet.
Mussolini famously said, "Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power."
Actually Mussolini has never said such a thing. Common misquote. There was no such merger and that is not what Corporatism meant either.
I am recommending your videos to my Erasmus friends that had asked me what was the situation in France these past few weeks!
I liked your video a lot, I liked how you decided to present your ideas, and I think it's a great representation of our country.
However, what I will always put the emphasis onto for those elections and those times we live, is that the Left is indeed the closest party to the people, but they missed one portion of the population: people living in rural areas / farmers.
I come from the countryside, and by talking with other people also having grown up there, we realised the former places where people were mainly communists, or that trusted the left, nowadays almost all turned to the National Rally.
The Left HAS to remember it did loose a very important portion of the people in order to represent all social groups suffering from neoliberalism.
I wish one day the Left will achieve to know how to talk to this population, and it would certainly not be with "bobos" from the cities' words. Cities, where the governing power lies, has to understand closely how the countryside thinks and works. Get to the real people and don't let them being brainwashed from National Rally bullshit on their TV/radio!
If the left now cares about only 2 categories, which are young progressive students and people from the banlieues mostly inmigrants, what could they do to obtain the rural vote? I find it shocking already that those 2 categories did converge voting NFP, I find no reason why a farmer could see their best interest defended by NFP. I make an example. In rural zone, you need a car. The greens basically want to make car the most expensive as they can. This means destoying the countryside if no investment in public transportation is done (spoiler, they are reducing public transportation too). How can someone vote the left with that in mind? Also the migration problem. I'm from Belgium, both my parents are (european) inmigrants. Took so much time for them to learn French. I speak bad italian and 0 spanish (my moms and my dads languages). That is called integration. My parents suffered racism, they were poor, not even considered fully "white" by the 70s standards (south italian was considered african, south american was considered bad too). Still they feel belges now. Nowadays 1nmigrants, mostly musl1m 1nmigrants, identify with their country of origin the most. The left refuses to see the problem that comes with rad1cal 1sl4m. Those are 2 reasons why the left wont obtain rural vote.
@@Danipiz666 what you're describing is assimilation not integration, your family experienced discrimination and your response was to mold yourself into what your victimizers so as ideal but your proud of it for some reason. I grew up speaking almost only English and feeling only British, its not that the left refuses to see a problem its that the left humanises Muslims and views them as individuals part of a community instead of a green plague like the right wing.
If there is a problem with Muslim integration it certainly isn't helped by right wingers creating an us vs them mentality. after all unlike a half Hispanic half Italian such as yourself speaking only English to appease racist scumbags isn't going to change how I'm perceived by the far right I could even emulate their beliefs and politics and it wouldn't help.
As the many racist comments directed against rishi Sunak and even Suella Braverman the posterchild for the "good brown person" that the far right can stomach accepting being "assimilated" isn't enough I can't change my skin colour so I will always be a pak1.
It’s great that political maneuvering was able to overcome the will of the people. It’s a slippery slope and once the people figure out the game people will hang. Good luck.
If you had told me that Jean-Luc ‘I can use a hologram’ Mélonchon would be in power, I’d be shook. But he recognises Palestine and really wants to do his best so yay
What's wrong with him being in power?
@@n.n.6771 absolutely nothing outside the fact that people aren't able to think for themselves outside of what the mainstream media said for the past 10 years
He doesn't know anything about good economic policy. We'll be lucky if he hasn't triggered a huge debt crisis by the end of his term.
@@GlizzyGlizzers-yj5yrConservative fearmongering as usual.
@@n.n.6771 probably him being a racist
After watching one billion videos on the topic in French, I thought it would be interesting to hear someone talk about it to a more international audience. It was very interesting!
Been waiting for this!!!! ❤️💙🤍
As an Italian, I am so jeloaus of how French people are able to mobilize when needed, but also hopeful that one day this will happen in Italy as well.
I know labour isnt amazing but im so glad here in the uk we got rid of the tories finally from government. But there is much to do to fix the economy snd country to pursue socially positive and redistributive programs due to the debt snd weak and crumbling infrastructure the Tories put us in
It has been alarming and depressing see the classic far right populism of when things are not going well, then blame immigration and minorities in society as the negative elements to be targeted.
I thought we as society would move ever more towards socially democratic Scandinavian style models even if they werent fully redistributive due to the underlying capitalism. But instead weve become this terminally online economies that are only joined together by their tech, finance, and too an extent big pharmaceutical industries which make for most of the valuation of the economy over things like how green something is and how well a system works to have us growing but also respecting the underlying ecological systems we depend upon.
Labour = Tories
Didn't you guys vote for the red Tories? 🤨
@@somethingelse9228no one likes Labour but you have to admit they'll do less damage than if the conservatives got in again. Just don't rely on party politics to get a more just society
The labour will probably disappoint and reform will rise. I hope I'm wrong.
Yeah and I agree that Labour isn’t perfect but it’s irritating to see the left divided with a bunch of people still upset that Starmer isn’t Corbyn. It doesn’t make him a Tory just because he isn’t, Starmer’s party is still the party promising rail renationalising etc they’re not exactly right wing. It’s a sort of childish spiteful criticism with not very much in the way of actual substance if you ask me. For better or for worse, in 2019 Corbyn proved that the right so are so scared of him that they would come out in such high numbers (note I am not arguing that the centre or left particularly DISLIKED him per se) as to grant someone as odious as Johnson an 80 seat majority. I personally would not have minded Corbyn in charge but just because WE liked him does not mean he can win and he indeed won’t and I’m not willing to sacrifice the country to the tories over some spiteful “they’re red tories” division.
Macron strategy behind the dissolution of the assembly might have been to save his party from almost disparition by betting on the republican front. And tbh, he won if that's the case. Probably not as much as he expected (I think he betted on the left staying divided), but from irrelevant his party stayed the 2nd group in politics.
According to a poll by Institut français d'opinion publique in 2020, 46% of Muslims gave the view that their religious beliefs were more important than the values and laws of the French Republic, more than twice the fraction of the French public (17%). Among Muslims under 25 years of age a large majority (74%) considered their religion more important than French laws and values.
but you don't ever talk about that, and keep in mind as more and more of them come the less they will integrate.
It's almost as if the republic itself didn't value those principles for centuries that led to the impoverishment of the geographies where your "non-assimilated" migrants come from. Their idiocy is that they are honest. Not like Macron or Le Pen, who use the garb of republican or "french" values, for whom these values are a hindrance in their pursuit for power. Did CdG adhere to the "french", republican values when he sent his troops to indochina to reclaim french colonies? Or in Algeria?
The fundamentalism of the oppressed has, historically, always emerged from realising the hypocrisy of the universal principles through which imperial power justify their rule. Haïti, Viet Nam, Algeria...there is a long list.
And, it is only the Left, everywhere in the world, that takes those ideals seriously and actually works towards deradicalizing the fundamentalism of the oppressed because they begin with acknowledging the hypocrisy and the oppression. The right and the centre either ignore the existence of such phenomena, pathologize it, or double down through myths of the other.
I mean, you could literally prove this process of deradicalization through a game theoretic model as well (increase the stakes of participants in the maintenance of the system/institution/principles), and then arrive at the conclusion that the Left's agenda is literally the only way forward for a healthy, peaceful and democratic society.
@@redstatesaint the French values muslim oppose are secularism, lgbt and women rights and democracy, this has nothing to do with the right or left, their religion trumps all else, and btw if they ever grow large enough that don't need the liberal/left protection they will vote conservative the moment they can.
@@AshkanPacino13 she will never talk about that. She just can't. Leftists live in their own world where everyone can leave in peace. I wish it was like that but it is not. Homo homini lupus.
@@AshkanPacino13 They won't vote conservative. They'll vote conservative muslim. And we all know what that's gonna mean for the french people.
After a quick Google search the numbers in that study are 15% for Catholics 38% for Muslims and 57% for 15-25 years old, and the question asked is not the same for some reason (which is rather strange in a statistic study)
for Catholics it's:
Do you agree with the following statement: "The norms and rules set by your religion are more important than the law of the Republic" ?
( 7% answer fully agree, 8% answers somewhat agree)
while for Muslim it's:
Do you agree with the following statement: "Islamic law (Sharia) is more important than the law of the Republic" ?
( 18% answer fully agree, 20% answers somewhat agree)
Now, I'm not religious myself and I would rather see both those numbers to be 0%, but some things to notice are:
- the survey was self-administered
- the study had 1000 participants from the "general population" and 500 more that self identify as Muslim
- it was performed a few daysafter the Samuel Paty barbaric murder
to that question for Muslims participants (no details for catholics):
- The older they are, the less they agree
- The lower the level of education, the more they agree
- Those from low-income suburbs agrees nearly 2x more than from wealthy suburbs, downtown is in the middle.
It's as if the rising climate of hatred for Muslims increases the communotarism especially in the younger unpriviledged Muslim population ?
Some other numbers from this survey:
- 87% of Muslims agree with the 1905 secularism law (87% for the general population)
- 75% agree to organize a referendum to enshrine the principle of secularism at the same level as equality, liberty, fraternity (84% for the general population)
Thank you so much for this content. It has been said that France and Germany because of their geographic, demographic, economic and geopolitical positions in Europe are the heart and brain of the continent. Whether that's true, it is undeniable that what happens in the french republic over the next few months will go a significant way towards determining the future of the European union, as well as Europe itself. It is so important that this story is being told in a way that might be more comprehensible to our neighbours as well as those further afield who have lost faith in their democracies and might, if France can turn this situation around, look to us for the inspiration they need to reengage and make a positive change for the future. Time is running out for us all. So thank you again so much for making this content.
I've been waiting for this!!
Merci Alice, j'ai beaucoup d'amis étrangers et bien qu'ils soient très au courant des politiques europeennes et en Europe, ils ne comprennent pas en general, notre point de vue sur l'actualité, notamment nos critiques sur un président qui est très bien vu à l'étranger. C'est très bien résumé et très clair et très complet, merci ! 🙏
Je viens originellemment du monde des médias et je le trouve décevant donc c'est toujours super de découvrir ce genre de chaines.
Bonne continuation
Thanks for the video, for me it is very valuable to get insights from French politics in English!
Please keep informing us on this issue. Im also interested to see what program they will choose to follow and how left leaning it will actually be. From some things i've heard it mostly sounds like social-democracy but in my opinion it could even lead to some form of democratic socialism if the situation keeps progressing well. What has the party said for now?
If you mythologize yourself as a 'partisan of the real', that is just as insane as mythologizing yourself as a 'partisan of God'. 'Everybody is insane except me' is how psychos or sociopaths talk.
Typical of the left.
All her points are entirely biased 😅
She’s saying that the far right is now appearing as a government party when clearly if anything the election showed us how demonized it is still
I heard from a political analyst that the united left in france wont be able to govern properly because there are too big differences among them.
He also said Le Pens party isnt as far right as some are trying to make it seem.
I know nothing about french politics and parties but I wonder if there is any truth to what the analyst said.
First thing is true, but the first problem is Macron that doesn't want to cooperate and name a left prime minister as he should do. Also the assembly is divided in 3 almost equivalent bocks that hate each other so nobody can vote laws because nobody have a clear majority
The second thing is false, the "conseil d'état" a centrist public organisation have defined Marine Lepen of being far right. Also the party as been founded by SS so...
@@Palmier_nainthank you very much! 🙏
I’m afraid this is the same kind of sentiment that led to DT being elected in the US. You can’t just mock the majority of the country and dismiss their concerns (legitimate or otherwise). Just as the left feels persecuted in France so does the right. Many former left voters turn to the far right for economic reasons I see it in elders particularly. I don’t think theyc are about abortion or whatever but they do care about safety from Islamists and economic worries and the left ignores the majority’s needs for topics the majority disent care about trans rights/migrants and ( regrettably) environmentalism. En résumé don’t dismiss your former voters needs as they will turn towards equally radical positions on the other side of the political horseshoe.
That's a lot of words to excuse people's racism. The only reason one votes for the RN is either ignorance or racism. And yes, the left that is a left is féminist and antiracist or its not. The French left will not become a red-brown chauvinist thing just to appeal to the feeling of racist RN voters.
@@imanethe1175 To say that that is the only reason is a bit short-sighted. Wanting control over our borders is not racism.
Exactly. I really liked listening to Alice's opinion and I understand her point of view. But where are all the left wingers when riots break out in major cities? When there are gangs consisting mostly of immigrants destroying other people's lives because of some government policies? When immigrant Muslims has to be forced to enroll in "conduct and behaviour" classes because they weren't used to the seeing women dressed so freely. Does that mean all of them are bad? No but that should mean we put our blindfolds on.
The fact is that both the left and right are hell-bent in providing their point yet never try to see the opposing point of view. Even Alice seems to not realize that in the US, Trump has gained popularity because of his strict border policies ( which under the Biden administration has become a hot spot for human trafficking, drug cartels etc. ) Dismissing the right wing views by simply stating them to be racist and divisive is too naive and ignorant.
Le bêtisier m'a tuée, GG et merci encore pour ton travail qui me permet d'informer mes ami-es anglophones avec du contenu de qualité ❤
c'est trop la honte ce qui se passe en ce moment
Oue mais c'est une trop grosse dynamique
Ça se passe partout, on va pas y échapper
À shame vraiment
@@rastarapha Tu as raison, cela dit dans les années 30 y avait une grosse dynamique aussi, tout le monde n'a pas succombé, l'avenir s'annonce très compliqué mais ne renonçons pas à nous battre ;)
cx'est clair, que les patriotesse soient fait volé les elections par les nouvaux fachos venu de gauche c'est trop triste
@@synkaan2167 L'histoire oublie un peu vite que si la France est tombée c'est à cause des joyeux rublions de gauche qui ont tout fait pour
Terrific video. I was hoping that someone would be able to walk me through that kerfuffle of an election. I was fascinated by the similarities I am witnessing here across the pond (in Canada). Canada, like the rest of the world, is seeing a surge in support for our right wing populist opposition. While the Conservatives are a reputable big tent party, since the most recent federal election in 2021 they have been making use of the current right wing meta: playing pure populist politics, with no policy in mind.
You descrived what's happennig in whole europe . Inequalities , poverty is rising , unenployment , poor paying jobs , the housing problems . All these problems aren't faced by the majority of wealthy people , the bourgeouis , who vote left , neither you can possibly immagine the problems that cause discomfort , hate , depression and despair . So do you really think that voting the same people who were the cause of the problems is a solution ? I do not know . Greeting from a 28 years old who worked 6 years in agricolture and has a caregiver mother , and a agricolture worker as a father who is 61 .
That's right. She doesn't face these problems. These academics telling us what to do are the problem.
You know who else works in agriculture and gets shat on by rich folks? Immigrants.
Liberal /= Left
In your argument you fail to separate leftists and neoliberals
@@DerAua You don't know what she faces.
Wow! Great analysis. Didn't know this channel before, ai ended up here because YT recommended it to me randomly. I didn't know the left wing movement in France is that strong, that really makes me understand the outocome of the last election. All love, from an Albanian in Germany 🫶🏻 This battle is truly world wide a thing, and I have the deepest respect for Melenchon. I subscribed to your channel now, thanks for all the information you gave.
Great video! It can be disorientating looking at French politics as an outsider, so your videos are always a gem
As a Dutchman, France really inspires when it comes to organising. We need more of that same energy here, especially as our far-right has gotten into government…
Fortunately the Dutch are much more sane then the french and would never vote for similar islamo leftists
There is no Far-Right in France though.
Thank you so much for this video - learned a lot about current politics in France. Thank you so much also for your leadership and organizing work!
6:10 Omg this was so historic!
We were so happy !!!!! We danced in our living room the whole night with my family !
This was a terrible move from those loosers of the left. They only delayed the unstoppable rise of the patriots, but actually, they made it better for them.
Whoever was going to win those elections would have ended up in an impossible situation.
The patriots have won by far in number of votes, but the center and left allied in some seat swapping strategy to deny them. Now they will rule, break themselves against the wall of reality, and in 2027 for the next presidential elections, the patriots, safe in a posture of opponents, will have a boulevard to the presidential seat.
This is great appreciated. Thank you! Have subscribed and look forward to diving into more of your analyses.
First time I've heard the historical significance of the 'new popular front'. Glad to know it. Though I do find the fascism comparison to the Far Right to be unnecessarily inflammatory. If they had won the elections, they'd have governed for a few years. Likely leading the country poorly for that time and causing a lot of damage and suffering. But afterwards, there would have been a new election. I don't think it was ever an existential threat to democracy as a whole.
I know little about the media and its biases. All I can do is check on fact check for their political biases. What I do know (and find ironic), is that the Far Right themselves are saying the exact opposite. That main stream media is opposed to them in principle. They do so love to cloak themselves into victimhood.
The idea that the Far Right vote similarly to Macron's centrist party as you claim is new to me. And to be honest, I'm a bit sceptical since it goes against what other sources have told me. I heard that the previous government was a minority government by the center party, held up by further support from the Republican party. Maybe that isn't a contradiction? But what the Far Right does or doesn't vote for didn't really matter so long as the informal alliance of Center with support of a more moderate right wing party held a majority.
Also sceptical about the 'we had to E-Mail Macron's candidates' to get them to drop out. Give them some credit. I heard one of them even dropped out of the race despite Macron himself asking him not to. Most were as behind on this strategy as the new popular front.
In your clips about the National Rally you also keep using Jean-Marie Le Pen. A figure they themselves are trying to distance themselves from. I think his daughter, the new leader of the party, kicked him out? Could be wrong. But I do know that if you want to convince anyone that the National Rally is still bad news, you aught to use more recent stuff. Parties can change over time.
Anyway. France avoided a far right government. But the real question is, what now? The New Popular Front was formed with one purpose. To keep the Far Right out. That's done. Bravo. What now? They don't have a majority themselves, and they are so internally divided I doubt they could govern even if they did. They could split up again so parts of it could form a coalition with the Center. Maybe the Center and more moderate right could continue to cooperate, though even together they don't have a majority anymore. I don't know. What I do suspect, is that if they can't work this shit out, somehow, it will just be more fuel for the Far Right, as they remain an opposition party. And opposition parties do well if the government is ineffective.
As for this 'Narrative' of the Left being real. My main criticism of that, is that I often find left wing parties making grant promises that I'm always sceptical of them being able to make real. Macron made all these changes you criticized him for. Raising pension age and stuff. But even with all those conservative policies, France is still increasing its state debt. Given that, how would the Left pay for all the things it wants to give the public? They claim a tax on 'the rich', but I hear that hasn't worked out so well in the past.
“Macron made all these changes”…and that’s why he needs to go. I’m not gonna adresse anything else because you’re either not French, or you are and you’re a Macronist.
You're just a neoliberal who's views are totally aligned with Macronists. Ofcourse the left is unrealist and ofcourse fascists that collaborated with Nazis are not a threat and indeed just bad governance for white cis men, had you lived the last 3 horrible weeks we women of colour did, you'd have known.
As the other user said, your comment isn't even worth a line by line reply. Centrists are the pipeline to fascisme.
_"Though I do find the fascism comparison to the Far Right to be unnecessarily inflammatory."_
Funnily enough, there is no Far-Right in France and Fascism was a socialist Far-Left ideology... well the French should know, after all it was one of their prominent Marxists (Georges Sorel) who inspired Mussolini to create the ideology in the first place.
That was a great video, but I think you missed out on discussing the impact of social media, both in expanding the National Rally's reach and as a space for political confrontation during the elections, all of which specifically regarding young people
Very biases video towards the Popular Front, showing them as some 'heroes' who opposed the 'far-right'. Maybe you should talk about Melenchon's antisemitism and political violence?
Je t'admire tellement pour tes habiletés de recherche, d'analyse et de synthèse😭 je veux trop être comme toi! Vraiment un role model. Je trouve la politique très intéressante mais je me sens aussi facilement dépassée, "overwhelmed" par toutes les informations ainsi que toutes les sources en ligne. En plus il faut avoir certaines connaissance de base pour comprendre ce qui se passe actuellement. Je ne parle même pas des biais et de la crédibilité de toutes les sources disponibles en ligne. Vraiment je t'admire trop❤❤❤
very nice of you to end on a positive note. we're gonna need it in the months to come, and prepare what's coming next.
Thank you great video ! Very educational for me as a Brit living in France ! So thanks from a lefty boomer xxx
Realy disapointed to have a bad view of the right and a good view of the left, with no criticism or questioning, when there's plenty to criticize
Like some comments said before me, you'll add a lot to our political culture, with all the translations (and much more..) we didn't have before 😊
Not a single mention to the fact that the RN got almost 40% of the vote, 10M+ votes while the left got barely 7M. They were able to hold RN back because of the disproportionate electoral system.
It is logical that they have more votes since they kept all their candidates while the left and Macron withdrew a lot of candidates. If we look at the votes/candidates ratio, they are behind.
@@planisfo2317Not really, if you add up Emsemble + NFP they get barely more than 10% over RN, both parties combined, They definitely would have gotten less votes each, as it happened in the first round.
@@r-pu4md Not really, in the first round the RN obtained 29% of the votes and NFP 28%. It's very close and it's absolutely not enough to resist the rejection caused by the RN in the second round. Don't give up, your argument was that you were fooled by the electoral system, but you can see that it was the roadblock that prevented you from winning, that's all.
@@planisfo2317 Well since i’m not French it is not me that lost haha but even i can tell that artificially suppressing representation for the biggest party that got almost 40% of the votes after a cordon sanitaire is not a great strategy and will lead to more frustration and anger for a significant part of the electorate, but you do you.
You’re my favorite UA-camr! Thank you for your fantastic work, as usual!
Exactly the same situation in germany, with the rise of the far right party AFD both conservatives and our governing parties such as the greens have adapted right winged viewpoints. Especially talking about immigration and poor people.
Problem in Germany is that literally everybody adopted their racist rhetoric, including the left.
@@MCArt25There is nothing racist about noticing the negative economic and cultural impacts for everyone with a brain. But we all know that you exchanged your brain for blind hatred against every norm and denying empirical facts to subvert.
@@MCArt25 go live in africa or Pakistan then.
@@MCArt25Im sure for no reason all these parties and citizens are having these opinions/beliefs
There is no Far-Right in Germany, nor in European mainstream politics to begin with.
Giving me hope right now for the US. Working hard to get the word about Gov Andy Beshear, I think he's a possible strong Dem president/VP candidate.
il faut un cap clair 🗣️☝️ on va pas refaire la nupes la 🚫🫷
Il y a une inversion 🔄 des rapports de force 💪🗣️
@@Palmier_nain je🧍♂suis en tête à gauche
J'ai peur qu'on ait jamais de cap clair avec le PS qui est gangréné par les néolibéraux et Place Publique qui est encore moins sauvable, ces gens font systématiquement des discours de gauche et des politiques de droites.
Cette citation est disque de diamant dans ma tête
First time here, that was a tremendous work. As a French educated on those matters, I must agree with 100% of what has been said on this video, and couldn't in a million years have summarized it in such a precise and dynamic way. Chapeau, souscription immédiate.
I really enjoyed your interpretation of the left as the real and believe we need more discussions in this space. Leftists are commonly criticised for being idealists yet their policies reflect a concern for the issues affecting millions of people on the ground. It’s a destructive, misleading narrative, just as so many right wing narratives are.
Would like to see Cappelle discuss the UK elections. Sure Labour won in a landslide but their voter share was lower than 2019
Very interesting video analysis.
Although,if i may say ,if the Left was "the party of the real " ; then the NFP wouldn't be failing to choose a name for the position of prime minister that is consensual to all parties due to difference of views/objectives so much so that leaders like Marine Tondelier of the green party have called it a disservice to those who elected them.(Of course this might be due to coalition being very ad hoc but still it hints to the idea that "the reality of the left wing " isn't homogeneous as you almost make it implicit in your video.
On that note , i hope the reforms that the popular Front wants to bring such as the raise of the minimum wage of 14% or on the taxation of superprofit will work wonders and not fail and give more voters to the the Right.
Happy to have watched the video!
Hey, Alice merci por the update.
I just picked up a copy of your most recent book from, Waterstones thank you ever so much for putting your thoughts down I'm reading through it at the moment.
Take care.
I think the analysis is very good in general but I still think that you lack a lot of self criticism from the French left. While I would agree that the liberalisation of the media has caused tensions and has allowed channels like CNews to monopolised the debate, the French left has also failed in addressing some of the concerns that people have about security and about the changes that multiculturalism has brought to some areas of France. You talk about defending Republican values but those Republican values include the laicite which is not respected by certain Muslim communities, nor has tried to address the issue of ghettonisation. Now, I don't think the RN would solve this, if anything I belive they would just make it worse but still I would have appreciate more than just the post-capitalist talking point of neolibeals creating fascits, because in reality is more complicated than that.
The left hasn't become racist in France and my racist affects are shocked 😮
1st, thank you sincerely for the insightful and inspiring essay.
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At the risk of seeming petty, I think that the distinction made in U.S. English between a majority and a plurality helps clarify relations among parties.
The French Right won a plurality, but not a majority.
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"Source : mes préjugés et mes impressions". Je ne suis pas partisane et ce manque de rigueur qui mènent à des raisonnements à la mords-moi le noeud m'agacent. J'ai travaillé dans les médias pendant plus de 5 ans. Non, ils ne stigmatisent pas les immigrés. La plupart des journalistes sont même très à gauche.
Mdrrrrr
@@rastarapha Ça te fait rire? 😅
C'est du bon sens depuis au moins 30 ans
À vrai dire les gens qui ont connus la télévision avant le rachat de Bolloré savent que les médias français c'est 80% de gauche au bas mot 😅
Quand j'étais plus petit si tu voulais avoir un discours de droite à la télé c'était Zemmour face à 4 journalistes et 3 célébrités, tous de gauche, présentateur de gauche, publique de gauche 🤣
Et déjà à l'époque il le disait :
Les journalistes votent pratiquement TOUS pour le même candidat
Bolloré c'est la seule fenêtre vers une droite à peu près de droite en France et ça n'existait même pas y'a 15 ans
@@Mouchos Oui, oui bolloré est de gauche
Je connais cette théorie
@@rastarapha ah ok t'es carrément analphabète
@@Mouchos Sûrement
Alice, this video is SO interesting! I'd love to see you make a video about the parallels between politics in France and the U.S. I feel like there are many. It'd also be really interesting to hear - what could the U.S. left learn from France?
Zawa mentionné, incroyable!!
Doesnt this go against the fact that Macrons party helped the popular front and vice versa by dropping out of close races to help the stronger party of the 2?
As an immigrant to France that now has the ability to apply for nationality, the anti-immigration stance of the far-right here scares me. My belle-mère has dropped friends that started showing far-right tendencies now that she has a daughter-in-law that's an immigrant (she's more center though, but she can keep up with me when I mention 4th wave feminism and intersectionality). My beau-père usually has to hold his tongue, I don't know exactly his political leanings, but some things he's said show that he's at least on the right, like he would bad mouth Romani people in France until he found out that technically I have a family connection to some and even if I personally didn't know them I'd never hear of it. Back in California where I'm from there are lots and lots immigrants, that was mostly what I knew, in my own family even, from all over the place, now I'm the immigrant and I must admit I have some anxiety that I understand from what I saw growing up, I may have a carte de resident, bit I don't have nationalité, I can speak and understand quite a bit of French now but I'm not fluent and it shows badly (like even now, writing/typing is the worst for me), I rarely if ever get called out on my level of French, but it does happen sometimes and it clocks me as an immigrant (not a tourist because I'm not in touristy areas when it happens) and it can be a little unnerving when it happens. So I must admit I was thrilled when I saw the results of the assembly election.
Didn't it occur to you that this defiance form the french people against migrants comes from the fact that the left opened wide the doors of france to everybody?
There is no Far-Right in France though.
@@aeolia80 what scares me is how fast France is falling down due to mass immigration. The 93 is simply the first part of the nation to have fallen, but nowaday even mid size cities everywhete start to fall appart
I am very interested in your channel. This time I am "forced" to disagree with you. Le Pen did not lose as her party came first in votes. Essentially won I would say. The only reason this did not translate into parliamentary seats is the French electoral system, which was actually made so that the powerful French communist party of the 50s, could never rule. So in France we have the paradoxical (and completely undemocratic) fact, the first party in votes (Le Pen) being 3rd in seats, the 2nd in votes (the Popular Front) 1st in seats, and the 3rd in votes (Macron) 2nd in seats. The fact that consultations are currently being held to appoint a prime minister of Macron's choice, turns the French elections into a farce.
In any case, I send my greetings and international solidarity to the struggling French working class, and I wish you the best.
Thank you Alice, for summarizing events from your view, and using your bully pulpit to highlight online creators to support and follow (wish I remembered the French I learnt!). The redefinition of violence by a "value-neutral" establishment (value-neutrality IS fascism), and the colonization of narratives that narrate only certain narratives, is poisonous, and programmatically cunning. France's left-majority is encouraging, while also alerting us of the rise of the far-right from nothing to 1/3rd. I hope the world is able to learn, at least a little, direly at least a little.
There is no Far-Right in France.
Love your explanation and analysis, as always, Alice. "Governable" isn't used that way in English (c11:00); we use it to mean capable of being controlled (NOT capable as I think was your intention- to suggest the far right appeared capable because Macron appropriated some of their policies). Brilliant integration of memes (I hadn't seen that racist heckle or the wonderful shocked face zoom) and the Overton window graphic is the cleanest representation I've seen of such an important concept. You correctly identify neoliberalism as the underlying driver of all of this BS and articulate it clearly. Much love to you.
There is no Far-Right in France though.