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French legislative election

 The French will, it seems, beat us to the punch with their own elections.  It will be interesting in only one way, is the ascendency of the right in Europe a thing or was the recent European elections a flash in the pan.   Europe will find out very soon.

As for us, the road has been well marked, the UK electoral process is a foregone conclusion.   It is still surprising to see the incompetence of Rishi on the stump, but it's entirely possible that he was neither a good leader nor a good campaigner...the end of a regime gives rise to strange outcomes.

As for Europe, and France it's interesting but no more, it speaks volumes about the issues with immigration and the abject failure to integrate immigrants, but then Britain has very few lessons to teach there.  

Should the right rise in France, currently Europe's predominant power, with Germany playing silly bugger, the impact on the EU will be minimal since the decisions are financial rather than political -- who pays for the show!   My guess is that the Germans could well wake up and decide that they are tired of freezing in the cold and paying for everyone's party.   On the other hand maybe not.  

Whatever happens after Macron, even if the right does rise to power will change very little in terms of foreign policy.  Macron and the right may agree on only a very few things, but nationalism is one of them.  The actions of Macron in Ukraine will remain.


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