{"id":2291734,"date":"2024-07-10T08:30:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T12:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-elites-will-stop-at-nothing-to-keep-the-right-from-winning\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T08:35:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T12:35:19","slug":"french-elites-will-stop-at-nothing-to-keep-the-right-from-winning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-elites-will-stop-at-nothing-to-keep-the-right-from-winning\/","title":{"rendered":"French Elites Will Stop At Nothing To Keep The Right From Winning"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffrench-elites-will-stop-at-nothing-to-keep-the-right-from-winning%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2291734&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The right-wing National Rally party\u2062 in France,\u2063 despite \u2062an\u200b initial lead in the legislative election, ultimately came in third behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oan-stands-by-reporting-on-president-trump-national-guard-troops\/\" title=\"OAN stands by reporting on President Trump &amp; National Guard troops\">left-wing coalition<\/a> NFP \u2063and President Macron&#8217;s centrist alliance, Ensemble.\u200c More than \u2064200 candidates from Ensemble and\u200d NFP withdrew from three-way races to prevent \u2062National Rally from winning, leading to a likely NFP-Ensemble coalition government. This cooperation may include\u2064 far-left and communist parties,\u2063 with \u2063proposed\u200d policies such as\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-see-economic-chaos-as-opportunity-for-more-government-spending-welfare-programs\/\" title=\"Democrats See Economic Chaos As Opportunity For More Government Spending, Welfare Programs\">increased government spending<\/a> and price\u200c controls. National Rally&#8217;s opposition\u200c to mass migration has garnered them the label of \u2064&#8221;right-wing\u200d extremists&#8221; from other parties and\u200b media outlets. Despite \u2062some restrictions on migration passed\u2062 by Macron&#8217;s government, challenges to mass migration are often delegitimized as extremist.\u200c The election results reflect broader tensions\u200c in French society over migration policy and political ideologies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>After a promising first-round lead, France\u2019s right-wing National Rally party came up short in the second round of the country\u2019s legislative election. It ultimately came in third for seats in the National Assembly, France\u2019s lower house, behind left-wing coalition New Popular Front (NFP) and French President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s centrist alliance, Ensemble.<\/p>\n<p>More than 300 contests in the first round proceeded to a three-way runoff involving National Rally, the NFP, and Ensemble. If those three-way races had gone ahead, National Rally had a decent chance of winning a majority in the second round. In response to that threat, more than 200 candidates from both Ensemble and NFP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/02\/europe\/french-election-drop-outs-intl-latam\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">withdrew<\/a> from those three-way races ahead of the second round to prevent splitting the vote and giving the victory to National Rally. In some instances, Macron had to pressure Ensemble candidates to drop out to give the advantage to NFP candidates.<\/p>\n<p>So the leftists and centrists colluded to game France\u2019s electoral system and ensure the right-wing party had no chance at power.<\/p>\n<p>No single party won an outright majority in this election, so the nation will require a governing coalition. The National Assembly requires 289 seats for a majority. The NFP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/08\/europe\/france-election-what-next-explainer-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">won<\/a> 182 seats, Ensemble 163, National Rally 143, and The Republicans (France\u2019s center-right party) just 39. <\/p>\n<p>Even though National Rally improved 18-plus points over its performance in the 2022 legislative election, there\u2019s almost no chance it makes it into the new government. The level of cooperation during the election makes an NFP-Ensemble coalition almost certain.<\/p>\n<p>But that cooperation comes at a price, and that price will most likely result in far-left and even outright communist parties becoming part of the new government. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cpd910je22no\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NFP\u2019s program<\/a> calls for ramping up government spending to the point of profligacy, implementing price controls on basic goods (because that always <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stlouisfed.org\/publications\/regional-economist\/2022\/mar\/why-price-controls-should-stay-history-books#:~:text=Prices%20allocate%20scarce%20resources.,costs%20imposed%20by%20price%20controls.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">works as intended<\/a>), and a new government agency to open the floodgates even wider for foreign migrants.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, National Rally\u2019s economic positions don\u2019t differ much from Ensemble and even some of the leftist parties. But, just as in many other Western countries, the massive influx of foreign migrants into France over the past decade \u2014 2023 set a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/france\/article\/2024\/01\/25\/immigration-to-france-on-the-rise-boosted-by-students-employees-and-refugees_6465607_7.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new record<\/a> \u2014 represented <em>the<\/em> issue of this election. And that\u2019s where the party has run afoul of the French elite.<\/p>\n<p>Every other political party and media outlet has branded National Rally \u201cright-wing extremists\u201d simply because they don\u2019t want hordes of migrants burdening their economy, fostering Islamic terrorism, unleashing a wave of violent crime, and slowly but surely eroding French culture.<\/p>\n<p>Macron\u2019s government did pass a bill late last year that placed a bare minimum of restrictions on chain migration and migrant access to welfare, yet his party remains within the bounds of \u201crespectable\u201d politics. Parties can tweak policy around the edges and remain \u201crespectable,\u201d but any real or sincere challenge to mass migration is delegitimized as \u201cextremist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Western elites have imported millions of people for cheap labor, cheap votes, and the smug satisfaction that they\u2019re helping \u201cthe oppressed.\u201d They can\u2019t admit that these policies have wrought disaster on their countries, so instead of heeding the mandate of the people and forming a government with National Rally, they\u2019ll give the leftists a chance to run wild. Rest assured, the left won\u2019t pass up the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of their triumph, supporters of the new leftist alliance took to the streets of Paris to indulge in their favorite pastime \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/french-elections-riots-erupt-left-wing-coalition-projected-win-plurality-seats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">setting things on fire<\/a>. Macron\u2019s unholy alliance with the French far-left almost certainly dooms the once-sovereign nation to economic depredation at the hands of radical socialists and cultural annihilation due to mass migration that\u2019s not only permitted but upheld as an absolute good.<\/p>\n<p>The French election has illustrated more clearly than ever that elite technocrats will gladly form a cynical but highly effective alliance with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-has-officially-gone-gender-crazy\/\" title=\"Congress Has Officially Gone Gender Crazy\">radical left-wing ideologues<\/a> rather than let the right have a victory. And they\u2019ll let the left burn their country to the ground just so they don\u2019t have to face the truth about their disastrous immigration policies.<\/p>\n<p>Those same elites with those same pretensions to superiority reside here in America, too.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve already seen so-called centrist Democrats, \u201cneutral\u201d government officials, and Never Trump Republicans actively empower leftist radicals just to hinder the efforts of the right for nearly a decade now. The specter of a centrist-leftist alliance doesn\u2019t bode well for former President Donald Trump, even if he does end up winning, and it threatens the long-term viability of a conservative movement in America.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Hayden Daniel is a staff editor at The Federalist. He previously worked as an editor at The Daily Wire and as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pride-madness-wont-stop-until-conservatives-use-govt-force\/\" title=\"&#039;Pride&#039; Madness Won&#039;t Stop Until Conservatives Use Govt. Force\">deputy editor\/opinion editor<\/a> at The Daily Caller. He received his B.A. in European History from Washington and Lee University with minors in Philosophy and Classics. Follow him on Twitter at @HaydenWDaniel<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France&#8217;s right-wing National Rally party, despite a strong start in the first round of the legislative election, fell short in the second round, coming in third behind the left-wing coalition NFP and President Macron&#8217;s centrist alliance. The leftists and centrists strategically collaborated to prevent National Rally from gaining power, resulting in a likely NFP-Ensemble coalition government. This cooperation may lead to far-left and communist parties having a role in the new government. The issue of mass migration was a key factor in the election, with National Rally facing criticism for their stance on the issue. The election outcome highlights the willingness of elites to ally with radical left-wing groups to prevent right-wing victories. This trend is also seen in American politics, where centrist Democrats and Never Trump Republicans have enabled leftist radicals to hinder conservative efforts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1548,"featured_media":2291735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/47547796291_9eee653657_k.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5588,6084,5894,3953,5902],"class_list":["post-2291734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-elites","tag-french","tag-politics","tag-right","tag-winning"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/47547796291_9eee653657_k.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1548"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2291734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2291735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2291734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2291734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2291734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}