This point gets glossed over but it really is amazing. The two historic parties have collapsed. Just imagine if labour and liberals collapsed and the elections here were now between the greens, pauline hanson and clive palmer. Thats effectively what has happened in France.Thankfully, Macron has won.
Hopefully 2027 can stave off the far right, as Le Pen achieved an 8% swing to her in the run-off compared to 2017. With Macron unable to run a third time (and his party really being only really about him), and the two historic parties of government having collapsed to less than 5% of the vote each, it's going to be interesting (and hopefully not troubling!) to see who fills the vacuum. But for today, celebrate the defeat of the far right!