I can’t overstate how relieved I am with the election results in France.
It’s still very worrying, the far right is growing in terms of influence, but at least it’s still widely considered as the most dangerous option by everyone else, and it’s still being effectively blocked.

We won’t get an efficient government with how the parliament is split, but at least it won’t be run by the far right. Congrats to all the people who voted to avoid running the country into a totalitarian wall!

@thelinuxEXP
First the good results in UK, now in France.. That does really give me some hope for the elections in Germany next year 💚

@oliver @thelinuxEXP as far as I know Sara's party stopped rapid AfD growth.

Success of the right is always explained by failure of the left.

@cybertailor
There's definitely some truth in that last sentence. But as far as I'm aware, Wagenknecht's party is just as "pro-Putin" as AfD is.
They'd both cause problems, so we'll have to hope for the other left(ish) parties to get their shit together 🤷
@thelinuxEXP
@oliver @thelinuxEXP yeah, the bare minimum required from politicians is to solidarize with Russian political prisoners and voice support for protest movements. If they don't do that, then they're fucking cowards.