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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
  • "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