Important to keep in mind re: French election 2017. Macron rode in under a new (allegedly) “centrist” party for one reason only: his traditional political home would be the center left PS. But he couldn’t run under their banner because they utterly collapsed. So he rebrands.
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“The center left has completely lost the confidence of the electorate. We better think of something before FN runs away w/ this election: I know, we start a new party that’s also center left but if the name is different, no one will be the wiser. It’ll work, trust me”. And it did
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