Timeline for Why would far-left groups oppose Macron’s re-election?
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| Apr 28, 2022 at 7:54 | comment | added | Wag the mainstream media dog | @Bougainville My above comment is my personal opinion, but I think my answer sticks to the facts. We are dealing with protest voting here - most LePen and Melenchon voters do not share the extreme views of these candidates, they merely want Macron's removal from the office. | |
| Apr 28, 2022 at 7:41 | comment | added | Bougainville | @RogerVadim I can understand your opinion of them but then we are leaving fact to go into personal opinion the fact that you disagree with the people manifesting is irelevant and I don't think it should be part of your answer | |
| Apr 27, 2022 at 15:25 | comment | added | Wag the mainstream media dog | @Bougainville This is what I am saying. However, I do not consider Melenchon and Le Pen as offering viable solutions to France problems. | |
| Apr 27, 2022 at 14:59 | comment | added | Bougainville | Macron being a centrist candidate elected on a wave of a protest movement against the traditional policies would be good description during the 2017 election not the 2022 one and saying he is the only one to have solution for the problem France have and other doesnt is a very simplistic view of the situation (and probably a wrong one) | |
| Apr 26, 2022 at 20:52 | comment | added | Italian Philosopher | @gerrit the part about religion is not incorrect, with some caveats. Many Christian traditionalists may not so much expect their religion reintegrated into public life (they may want it, but not expect it) as they want a push back against Islam. | |
| Apr 26, 2022 at 16:20 | comment | added | Wag the mainstream media dog | @gerrit I meantinstitutions in a very general sense, like in the institution of marriage. But I will change the wording - it is indeed ambiguous. | |
| Apr 26, 2022 at 16:00 | comment | added | gerrit | OK, fair enough. But then I think it's more accurately described as support for religious freedom (including the freedom to dress as one wants), which is not the same as support for religious institutions. | |
| Apr 26, 2022 at 14:16 | comment | added | Wag the mainstream media dog | Finally, Islam is another important religion which makes waves in France - in relation to wearing veil in public places, special swimming pools, etc. Jean-Luc Melenchon was even accused of "Islamo-leftism" ("islamo-gauchisme") by no less than the minister of education - hardly an unpolitical statement. (see, e.g., here) The cultural debate about "French identity" (promoted by figures like Eric Zemmour ??) implies Catholicism as a part of this identity. | |
| Apr 26, 2022 at 14:10 | comment | added | Wag the mainstream media dog | Furher, private schools in France are usually Catholic schools which translates religion into the economic sphere, (although they are obliged to teach the same stuff as regular public schools, and significant part of students are non-practicing and even non-religious). It is not frequent to speak of Catholics as the group most "abused" by the multiculturalism. (contd.) | |
| Apr 26, 2022 at 14:06 | comment | added | Wag the mainstream media dog | @gerrit Separation between religion and state is firmly encoded in the French law, but religion still plays an important role in France. For one, many French are practicing Catholics and regularly go to church. This translates in support for traditional values - anti-gay, pro-life, skeptical of cultural change (especially the one brought by immigrants) - all of which are well on display in the French politics. (contd.) | |
| Apr 26, 2022 at 12:07 | comment | added | gerrit | The part about religion translates very poorly to modern French politics. I don't think any mainstream party wants to see government support for religious institutions, with the separation between church and state being so core to the state that opposing it would put one way out in the fringe. | |
| Apr 26, 2022 at 10:18 | history | answered | Wag the mainstream media dog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |