- cross-posted to:
- europeanfederalists
- cross-posted to:
- europeanfederalists
- “far-right” gains lots of seats during european deputy elections
- people shocked
- Macron somehow figures this means people have new priorities and dissolves the general assembly
- new elections
- expected a swing victory for “far-right”
- they actually lose seats
- left coalition comes out on top, but with relative majority of seats only (<50%)
- unexpected but welcome turn of events
- issue: since no one has absolute majority it’s difficult to vote stuff
- budget
- Macron wants (NEEDS) to fix the debt issue
- they’ll cut expenses in public services, mass layoffs
- left coalition wants to find the missing money not by cutting but by taxing places where money accumulated (i.e. The Rich™)
- left lands amends in the budget plan
- prime minister overrules the plan using “49.3” and approves the initial Fuck The People <3 Budget Plan™
- this unlocks the prime minister’s ejection seat button
- prime minister is ejected
- Macron needs to pick yet another prime minister, hopefully this time he won’t put one of his cronies to overrule the elected majority’s priorities