Everyone wants to be a geek

In Paris, hanging defiant, colorful posters. "Nothing is changing?! But, here's the proof", bright blue, yellow, green and pink Background. Including the government party La République En Marche (LREM) lists the measures to be looked at which by the protest movement of the yellow West urged. No tax on Overtime, relief for pensioners, the increase in the minimum wage. Party spokesman Stanislas Guerini points of pride on the posters. He believes "more than ever, the fact that the movement could change the country".

When Guerini of the motion speaks, he does not mean the yellow West, but the President Emmanuel Macron based movement En Marche. Which holds the majority in the national Assembly, but they put on a show, still as a time, an outsider among the parties.

left and right verb

looking at France's political landscape, now almost only the self-geek said. From the two-party system Republicans vs. socialists, hardly anything is left of it. In the polls for the upcoming European elections, LREM, and Marine Le pen's right-wing Rassemblement National (RN) to compete for the win. It is a constellation, the French citizens already know of the President election in 2017.

After Macrons words, it is in this duel to the meeting of progressives and nationalists. Le Pen speaks against battle-globalists against the patriots. With the keywords left and right, hardly anyone likes to operate. This also applies to the latest candidate in the political spectrum: Ingrid Levavasseur, follower of the yellow West-movement, announced on Wednesday a list for the European elections. Parties and politics were far more swear words for the yellow vests as a means of shaping society. Now some of them want to make their claims. A fully formulated program levavasseur has not yet, however, to include the objectives of the yellow West, tax cuts and the introduction of referendums.

Should be able to vote French citizens may, in fact, for the "gilets jaunes", would those lose, who tried to benefit from the protest movement. "We are all "gilets jaunes"," said RN leader Le Pen. It has expanded the xenophobic basic features of the RN to a socialist-inspired economic program. Thus, intersections with the yellow vests that claim to lead to a fight "at the Bottom to the top".

yellow West could not many shows voters wear

However, the possibility of a yellow West-list: Le Pen could be weakened by the new Alternative. According to a survey by the opinion research Institute Elabe, the RN would lose in the European elections 3 percentage points, should take the yellow West. If there is a possibility to select a list, the better living conditions for the poor, promises to demonize without at the same time Muslims and migrants, flat-rate drops, the appeal of Le pen. Without competition, the yellow West, Le Pen is in the survey at 20 percent, with a yellow West, at 17 per cent. The yellow West could attract also many non-voters; Elabe predicted them 13 percent.

For Macron and LREM would be one of the yellow West is a good news. His voters, the well-educated are Better off in the cities, not the lower middle class in the country, which accounts for a large part of the yellow West. Not one of his voters would overflow to the yellow list. Currently choice survey comes LREM in Europe with 23 percent on the most votes.

socialists on the descent

the socialists are now on the edge of political life are not slipped, only show surveys (as the party of Macrons predecessor, François Hollande, is at 6 percent). Their downfall is also in the process of Disappearing from France's living rooms. For example, the television channel France 2 has stopped, to invite the former government party-political debates.

to avoid to follow the left-hand competitors aside, have changed the conservative Republicans now, their strategy is: party chief, Laurent Wauquiez, had approached more and more closely to the radical positions of Le pen. In addition, his will was to take advantage of the displeasure of the yellow West, so far that he was in vest movies. In the meantime, he is no longer the rebel, but supports Macrons attempt to appease the protests a "great debate". Last Thursday he met him for an interview.

(editing Tamedia)

Created: 24.01.2019, at 20:25