French President Emmanuel Macron has called snap parliamentary elections later this month in the wake of a big victory for his rival Marine Le Pen's National Rally in the European Parliament vote. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#France
String of mysterious attacks across Europe opens new front in Russia's war on the West.
Intelligence agencies warn Kremlin plotting acts of sabotage❗
Allies are slowly starting to wake up to the military threat to the Baltics, Poland etc if russia is allowed to win it's illegal war of aggression, genocide of Ukrainians.
They're not taking the hybrid aspects of the war seriously - jamming, cyber-attacks, espionage & infiltrating governments to undermine democracy. See the US republicans infiltrated and controlled by Putin.
Putin is working to soften up our institutions, disrupt our coordination to make later military confrontation easier if needed.
If they can weaken our resolve and make a few states satellites, that's a major victory for the war criminal Putin.
We have to take this seriously and act decisively.
The big news tonight may be the political drama in #France, but it's important to note that according to exit polls, what happened in France has not happened at pan-European level
French President Emmanuel #Macron’s call for new legislative #elections after announcing the breakup of the French #Parliament caught members of the National Rally unsuspected, FRANCE 24’s Claire Paccalin said, reporting from party headquarters.
"...In a high-risk political gamble, less than two months before #Paris hosts the #Olympics, he said lower house elections would be called for June 30, with a second-round vote on July 7..."
NYTimes - BREAKING NEWS - Sunday, June 9, 2024 2:41 PM ET
Far-right parties are surging in the European Parliament elections, a strong sign of voter dissatisfaction, early data shows. Voters were expected to deliver major gains to anti-immigrant, nationalist parties, challenging leaders in #Germany and #France.
My take on this trend is this: voters, dissatisfied with the status quo, see the far right as the most likely to dismantle the system that oppresses them (yes, I know they’re wrong about that). They also fear a wave of immigration will overwhelm their culture and job markets. The left needs to do a lot better job of educating, organizing and mobilizing to counter this trend. Much work remains to be done to convince voters that “the left” can be trusted to bring about the substantial societal and economic changes voters desire. #politics#EuropeanElections#EuropeanUnion
Drag Race France [S3E01 - Voulez-Vous Drag Race Avec Moi Ce Soir?] Post-episode discussion thread
It’s the first day back in the French Werk Room! Ten fierce queens perform a cabaret number after writing the lyrics.