French Legislative Election 2017

[Boston Bread]

Any chance of the rest of PS fusing (or at least running in a common platform) with Melenchon (or whatever is left of his movement)?

That seems like a good thing to get as many left wing MPs as possible. Might also lead to a weird hung parliament (or even an LR majority with the opposition split)

Ugh, I hope so. Unless they do that it's quite possible that no left-wing candidate makes into the runoff in many (most?) constituencies.

This is exactly what I suggested, but you were against it at the time
Anyways Id want it to be temporary until a Social Democratic Party can make it on its own.

[Boston Bread]

With this FN underperformance, could Le Pen lose?

[Boston Bread]

The most hilarious results I found (thanks to r/europe):

Communism vs Fascism:
https://www.lefigaro.fr/elections/resultats/nord-59/circonscription-20/

Divers Gauche takes 1st,2nd,3rd,4th places:
https://www.lefigaro.fr/elections/resultats/guadeloupe-971/circonscription-03/

[Boston Bread]

A recount flipped one LR seat to PS, putting their final score at 45. The French wiki updated this but the English one hasn't yet.

[Boston Bread]

Guess which strategy works best?

Not sure what you mean... are you referring to Melenchon's FI having more seats in the legislatives?
Not that I care about which of these strategies to take, since the main reason I'd consider FI or PCF is to strategically defeat PS centrists, LREM or the right.