# The French government fell today (12/4/24). Does anyone care?

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**Created:** [December 5, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-french-government-fell-today-12-4-24-does-anyone-care/1011176 "2024-12-05T02:25:00Z")
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### Author: ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-french-government-fell-today-12-4-24-does-anyone-care/1011176/23 "2024-12-05T14:01:36Z")

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We had a thread as the elections that lead up to this occurred which included a very good analysis of why Macron chose as he did by @FrenchDunadan, and this penultimate post:

> [@2024 French legislative election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-french-legislative-election/1002713/43):
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> One wonders how long this government will last.

The answer of about two and a half months is not a shock.

The Right holds the strong hand now to my understanding. They were stopped in round two only by cooperation of the center and left that Macron subsequently poisoned.

I readily admit that French politics and how their system works is foreign to me. I know just enough to be very concerned about instability in general but in particular that this representing a further notch across Europe to the Far Right gaining more power.

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