Macron needs the electoral threat of a fascist majority to spur people towards his lukewarm liberal En March. He didn’t anticipate that Mélenchon would command such a popular turnout. So now he’s scrambling to reinflate the fascist boogeyman in hopes of pitting the far-right against the center-left. And, in the process, he’s turning everyone against him.
Macron needs the electoral threat of a fascist majority to spur people towards his lukewarm liberal En March. He didn’t anticipate that Mélenchon would command such a popular turnout. So now he’s scrambling to reinflate the fascist boogeyman in hopes of pitting the far-right against the center-left. And, in the process, he’s turning everyone against him.