Refractory Gauls, or the French politics thread

[Tamas]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2025/may/26/moment-wife-emmanuel-macron-pushes-him-in-face-as-they-land-in-vietnam-video


Maybe his wife is getting too old for the pressures of his job?

[HVC]

Teachers abusing students is always a shame

[Grey Fox]

It's not really a joke. He was groomed.

[Duque de Bragança]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2025/may/26/moment-wife-emmanuel-macron-pushes-him-in-face-as-they-land-in-vietnam-video


Maybe his wife is getting too old for the pressures of his job?

Usually, when Mère-GrandGranny Brigitte is around, he more or less behaves.
I guess we know why now.

[Sheilbh]

Horrendous story. From what I've seen elsewhere this man seems to have been pretty vulnerable - some of the details remind me of cuckooing:
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/08/20/french-streamer-dies-live-on-air-after-months-of-humiliation-and-abuse_6744540_7.html

[Josquius]

My first thoughts on reading about this guy with a big following on a streaming app I've never heard of dying were, isn't that the sub plot of that Black Mirror episode with Chris O'Dowd?

[Gups]

My first thoughts on reading about this guy with a big following on a streaming app I've never heard of dying were, isn't that the sub plot of that Black Mirror episode with Chris O'Dowd?

My first thought as well. Possibly prompted by it being mentioned in the first line of the article.

[Jacob]

Bayrou is out in France.

Any insight from our more France-attuned languishites?

[Crazy_Ivan80]

At this point I wouldn't be surprised if the corpse of napoleon reanimated and declares the 3rd empire.

[Duque de Bragança]

Bayrou is out in France.

Any insight from our more France-attuned languishites?

Hardly a surprise.
He was doomed by autumn, anyways.
That vote of (no) confidence just rushed the process.

[Legbiter]

Hardly a surprise.
He was doomed by autumn, anyways.
That vote of (no) confidence just rushed the process.

Why would anyone want to be a French PM at this point? Wasn't he the fourth one?

[Duque de Bragança]

Hardly a surprise.
He was doomed by autumn, anyways.
That vote of (no) confidence just rushed the process.

Why would anyone want to be a French PM at this point? Wasn't he the fourth one?

Yep. He outlasted the previous one, Michel Barnier, however.

[viper37]

Hardly a surprise.
He was doomed by autumn, anyways.
That vote of (no) confidence just rushed the process.

Why would anyone want to be a French PM at this point? Wasn't he the fourth one?

Yep. He outlasted the previous one, Michel Barnier, however.

What's the next move?
Taxing the ultra rich having 150 000 euros net worth and above to please the far left?
Striking a deal with the disgraced LePen?
Declaring himself Emperor and arrest the hardliners?

[Zoupa]

The next move is Belgium. Caretaker gvt until new parliamentary elections.

Scheduled for 2029...

[viper37]

The next move is Belgium. Caretaker gvt until new parliamentary elections.

Scheduled for 2029...

Might not be a bad thing in this case...