French election: Far-right RN projected to win first round – DW – 07/01/2024
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Early projections indicate Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) has won most votes in the first round of the parliamentary election in France, beating the leftist NFP alliance and Emmanuel Macron's centrist Ensemble.
  • gaael@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Please stop calling Macron’s party centrist. It’s right wing and has always been, regardless of what they pretend.

    • xor@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I think it’s reasonable to call it centrist, despite also being right-wing (ie centre-right)

      To me, centrism isn’t just about being somewhere in the middle between the left and right of the political environment, but also about having policies that make small adjustments to the current system, as opposed to fundamental, large scale change

      • maxinstuff@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 months ago

        policies that make small adjustments to the current system, as opposed to fundamental, large scale change

        The word you’re looking for is “conservative”