Marine Le Pen appeared on television on Wednesday morning in her first major interview since last Sunday’s election. The leader of the National Rally cast a critical eye over the chaos of the last week and described the cross-party squabbling as ‘parliamentary cretinism’. Even some within the New Popular Front, which won the most seats in the parliamentary elections, have expressed their despair.
France has been afflicted by cretinous leadership for most of this century
‘I’m angry, I’m disgusted, I’m tired, I’m fed up,’ said Marine Tondelier, the head of the Greens. ‘I’m sorry about the performance we’re putting on for the French people.’ Sandrine Rousseau, another Green MP, apologised for the bickering and the fact that ten days after the election, the left-wing coalition appear incapable of agreeing on practically anything.
Things must be bad if Rousseau is seen as a voice of reason. This is the woman who two years ago accused barbecues of being sexist and last year blamed meat-eaters for forest fires.
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