Matthew Yglesias
Sabrina Agresti-Roubache, a junior minister in Macron's government who stood down in her parliamentary race to help a New Popular Front candidate beat the far right, said "defeats happen, but one never recovers from dishonor." Something for Democrats to consider this week.
Ernie Tedeschi
These difficult actions must have been hard on the candidates withdrawing and their parties, but they appear to have helped drive the surprise French election results today. Democracy is a system of political competition but sometimes it’s sustained by acts of selflessness.