After the European Elections, President Macron Makes a Gamble
Briefly

In France and Germany, extreme right-wing parties won large shares of the vote, prompting actions like dissolving the National Assembly and calling for new elections in France.
The classic Venetian method of submitting complaints through the lion's mouth resembles the communication style of European Parliament elections - a symbolic act to voice grievances against the government.
Read at The New Yorker
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