According to him, it was a "grenade between their legs". Basically he wanted to wreck shit because of his hubris, and he's doomed us all pretty much. Dude has a massive ego and can't handle the reality that he's deeply unpopular.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Macron is probably job hopping. Mark Rutte from the Netherlands did the same thing. Randomly disbanded the government for a lie.

Turned out Rutte had a cushy job lined up as head of NATO. Which he officially got appointed for last week

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 4 months ago

He's expecting the far right to do a shit job at governing while he is still President and hopes this kills their popularity.

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure he expected this, the real question should be why he thought this was good.

[–] sweng@programming.dev 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Being in the government often leads to reduced popularity.

Consider the options:

No early election. RN popularity continues to rise, and they take the presidency and parliament in 2027. Result: Complete power for 5 years.
Early election. RN wins, and forms a new government. While being the ruling party, they lose in popularity and lose the elections in 2027. Result: limited power for 3 years.

To me it seems quite clear that option 2 is preferable to 1 for Macron.

[–] OpFARv30@lemmy.ml 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ahhh ye olde "We'll sabotage the ultra-right by putting them in power!"

This political gambit is an excellent choice for fucks and giggles.

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Centrists putting fascists in power and then selling out the left to (temporarily) save their own asses is a tradition as old as fascism.