I’m confused about this (not sure I’m the only one): The left parties won the election in France, it seems like, and now Macron needs to work with them – I thought he was on the left as well? Anyone has a 101 on French politics and can explain it in bullet points 😅 "Macron, who has vowed to remain in office until his term ends in 2027, now faces the challenge of cobbling together a government from a disparate group of parties that have little in common besides their desire to keep the far-right out of power. That scramble will unfold with less than three weeks to go before Paris hosts the 2024 Summ... taonaw.com

@petebrown I see, that makes sense

@jtr Macron first appeared as a minister of economy for a left government and pushed business-friendly laws. He kept saying he was not from left or right when he was elected as president. Once president, he kept leaning right because the left was already in shambles (tax breaks all around while debt grew...). The climax is the recent immigration law that even the far right was for. Parts of the law had to be censored because it was against the constitution. So no, he's definitely not left.

@lionel thanks! This sheds some light on what's going on.

@jtr No he is centrist.