This is huge
The right-wing candidate who said "stop the war on cars" was defeated.
The leftist who said "My goal is to make sure Grégoire loses" was defeated
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Yes, unironically this is to the benefit of fascists and the ruling class. Neo-liberals adopting the aesthetics of leftist parties do not address the material underlying conditions which push people towards more extremist ideology, so by the time the next election rolls around, people feel like the left "betrayed" them and vote for the far-right, despite the fact that they never elected an actual leftist in the first place.
There is always major differences between municipal and national elections. I'll agree with you when it comes to national elections. But the socialists have been leading Paris since 2001. Both mayors since have been reelected after their first mandate. So, they must be doing something right at the city level! And now, Paris is about to have a third socialist mayor in a row, amounting to at least 31 continuous years of socialist leadership in Paris.
I am disappointed with their politics at a national level. But when I was living in Paris I was pretty happy with what they were doing with the city.
Yeah, that's fair - thanks for sharing, that's a little reassuring. Hopefully true leftists/socialists can take power at a national level and finally start pushing the far-right back where they belong, in the dustbin of history.