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Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rimsarah.com · 16h

The growing ideological rifts and shifting allegiances, has further destabilized the party.
Let's see what the future holds (spoiler: it really won't be pretty and the far-right is thriving).

Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rimsarah.com · 16h

In my opinion, this lack of consistency undermines their effectiveness. As for LR: their disintegration has been unfolding for quite some time now. Over the years, the party has faced internal divisions and shifts in ideological direction, which have contributed to its fragmentation.

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Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rimsarah.com · 16h

The issue with the left is that they tend to unite when it is convenient, (ie.2weeks ago, 2024 legislative elections). However, at other times, when their cohesion is crucial, they are often embroiled in internal conflicts or working against one another.

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Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rimsarah.com · 1d

J'ai toujours utilisé le cadratin, bien avant ChatGPT😭, ça fait chic, classe et il rend les longues phrase tellement plus lisibles

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Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rimsarah.com · 2d

We are not only facing a regime crisis, but also a regime fatigue. The Vth Republic’s institutions were designed for authority, not pluralism. And France is now plural, fragmented,and deeply allergic to compromise. So the Constitution creaks under its own design flaw.

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Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rimsarah.com · 2d

1) France just had one in 2024 (clearly did not go well for Macron and his party).
2) A second dissolution in a year risks public fatigue and deep institutional delegitimization.
3) No guarantee of a clearer majority

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Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rimsarah.com · 2d

Article 12 of the Constitution allows the President to dissolve the Assembly at any time (except within a year of a previous dissolution). Macron could theoretically call new elections immediately.

Buuuuuut there are risks.

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Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rimsarah.com · 2d

Technically, Macron could dissolve the National Assembly once more, exactly what the far-right is eagerly cheering for.

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Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rimsarah.com · 2d

Macron keeps appointing prime ministers the way tech startups appoint interim CEOs before liquidation. Bayrou, Barnier, Lecornu…Each sold as the “stabilizing force.” Each lasted less than a fiscal quarter.

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Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rimsarah.com · 2d

Why are we here? Because Macron’s “brilliant” (sic) 2024 snap election gamble, clarified only one fact:France is now ungovernable. The far-right surged, the left fragmented, and the so-called center imploded under its own arrogance.

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a sign that says vraie on it .

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media.tenor.com

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Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rimsarah.com · 2d

Sébastien Lecornu has resigned as Prime Minister.
Again, France has no government & no PM. Again, the Vth republic looks more like the fifth remake of a terrible political sitcom...

a man wearing a wig and a yellow jacket says qu'est-ce qu'y 's passe le peuple

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Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rimsarah.com · 2d

Pensée émue pour les candidats à la nationalité française qui passent leur entretien de naturalisation en ce moment, et à qui l’on demandera d’expliquer le fonctionnement du gouvernement et de citer le nom du Premier ministre.
Courage à eux : la réponse change plus souvent que la météo. #France

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Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rimsarah.com · 2d

C'est vrai, en effet, puis ils ont plus de marge de manœuvre. Mais juste l'idée de les imaginer en panique😅

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Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rimsarah.com · 2d

Même @legorafi.bsky.social l'avait vu venir #France #Lecornu

www.legorafi.fr/2025/09/25/p...

Pour ne pas trop s’attacher à Sébastien Lecornu, les Français autorisés à l’appeler “machin”

Une sage décision qui va soulager beaucoup de nos concitoyens.

www.legorafi.fr

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Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rimsarah.com · 2d

La rédac du JT de 13h

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Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rimsarah.com · 2d

The current state of affaires in France...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0W...

Queen - Another One Bites the Dust (Official Video)

YouTube video by Queen Official

www.youtube.com

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 3d

Btw, the French have already gone down the route of hallucinating an alliance between Leftism and Islamism

They call it, very creatively, islamo-leftism (islamogauchisme)

I covered it in 2021 with @rimsarah.com

thefirethesetimes.com/2021/04/10/7...

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Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rimsarah.com · 2d

Well, Sébastien Lecornu is now a former PM. He just resigned, and Macron accepted. Told you so. Things are only going to get worse from here. Stay tuned.
www.france24.com/en/france/20...

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Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rimsarah.com · 21d

Isn't it interesting: they can always find billions for tax cuts, corporate subsidies & defense contracts.
But when it comes to paying for the survival of our healthcare system, they all they all turn into accountants clutching pearls over every cent...

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Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rimsarah.com · 21d

(BTW, Notice the framing: hospitals are treated not as an essential public service, but as budgetary problems🤷‍♀️).

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Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rimsarah.com · 21d

He points to investments (!) in hospital infrastructure as if they were reckless splurges. Meanwhile, public hospitals are dying: staff shortages, ER closures, endless waiting times. Healthcare workers are under pressure,, burnout has become a structural feature of the system.

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Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rimsarah.com · 21d

Sébastien Lecornu (the new French PM) tells us the state of public finances is strained… because money was put into hospitals🙃.
Yes: apparently, caring for the sick is the fiscal scandal of our time. If that’s the diagnosis Lecornu is making, imagine the treatment. www.lejsl.com/politique/20...

Mâcon. Cette petite phrase du Premier ministre sur l'hôpital de Mâcon qui fait bondir les soignants

Samedi matin, en marge de son déplacement à Mâcon, Sébastien Lecornu a commis une petite bourde...

www.lejsl.com

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Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rimsarah.com · 28d

And finally: islamophobes and racist sees to believe pork is some kind of kryptonite for Muslims. It isn’t. It’s just food. What it is, in these acts, is a weaponized symbol of exclusion, wielded by people who confuse cruelty with cleverness.

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Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rimsarah.com · 28d

Until institutions recognize their role in producing this climate, these horrors will not only persist but intensify.

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Rim-Sarah Alouane, Ph.D. @rimsarah.com · 28d

Media downplay is part of the danger. Stripped of political and racial context, such acts are presented as fringe provocations. In reality, they are the sharp edge of a broad social hostility cultivated over decades.

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