Question: Today, France faces a highly unstable political situation that affects all areas of society. Political forces are fighting amongst themselves, blocking parliamentary work and unable to find a compromise. Parliament changes regularly. Local elections are scheduled for this year, and presidential elections are scheduled for 2027. What challenges does French society face in the coming years? What possible developments in France after the elections are possible? What can people do to support and develop democracy? How can economic growth and prosperity be made possible? Thank you so much.
Answer from the Ascended Master Saint Germain through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 Lithuania Conference.
In a sense, France faces very similar challenges as many other democratic nations. And one of those challenges is: “Will you become more isolationist, far more focused on yourself, or will you still be willing to cooperate?” For France, of course, you are in the EU, you are one of the founding members of the EU, but are you still committed to the European Union, European cooperation? Or will you allow certain conservative forces in your country that are aligned with forces outside of your country that are anti-democratic to turn France inward, like you have seen in America, for example? And that is a challenge that is very much faced, especially by the European nations, because with the situation as it is in America, with the situation as it is in Russia and China, it is more important than ever that the European nations can cooperate. And the question really is: “Does France want to be one of the forerunners for a more integrated Europe, or does it want to betray its original vision for starting or being part of starting the EU?”
There is no fixed outcome here that I can predict with certainty, but it is most likely that the French people will look at the United States and Donald Trump, and that a majority of them will not want to repeat that pattern. There is also likely there will be more exposures in this year and coming years of how the more right-wing parties, not only in France, but in the rest of Europe, are either paid for or in other ways tied to Russia, and that Russia is now using these right-wing parties to undermine democracy, which of course is an irony because 30, 40 years ago, the Soviet Union was using the left-wing parties in Europe to seek to undermine democracy. If this realization can spread to a critical mass of people, you can avoid France turning inwards. And you see that Macron, President Macron, is still committed to European integration and more cooperation and a vision for Europe, even the defense of Europe. There are of course other politicians in France who have the potential to come forward and be part of this process.
Certainly, you have a certain gridlock in France, but you have that in many other nations in Europe. And this is just part of the process whereas democracies mature, you might say that there is a certain cleansing, a certain clarification that must happen, where an older democracy must clarify its vision of what a democracy means, its commitment to democratic values. But also, the European countries are facing this: “Will we look beyond our narrow national self-interest and forge a stronger European Union?”
I have mentioned before that going back to the Middle Ages or a little later, my vision was for a United States of Europe. And when that could not happen because of the kings being completely self-centered and none of them wanting to give up power, I instead established that in the United States. But this does not mean that I would not like to see a United States of Europe, because I would. And as I have said before, there is a potential that Europe can become a superpower and a bastion for democracy and human rights, partly because of the history of Europe, where many people in Europe are more aware that we do not want to return to Nazi Germany, Franco Spain, and other totalitarian countries that we have seen in Europe. Whereas many Americans have not experienced this themselves or do not have parents and grandparents who have experienced it, and therefore, they do not have quite the same awareness, which is what you see being outplayed with the Trump presidency.
I of course also have the vision that a critical mass of Americans, and many have already done so, will rise and look at the Trump presidency, learn the lesson, and recommit to democratic values and human rights. Because you will see that the right-wing parties in Europe do not have that commitment. And of course, that is why Russia can use them, because Russia, of course, does not have that commitment.
It is, in a way, or at least it should be for many people, shocking that Russia is now seeking to promote and fund these right-wing parties and export their traditional values. Because what they mean with “traditional values” is a lack of respect for human rights, especially when it comes to women. You might say that one of the challenges in France, is also how women are viewed by French society, especially, of course, by the male part of the population, but even in the collective consciousness. Because France has not actually overcome the traditional view of women to the same degree as other European nations have.
This will be an issue for France to deal with in the coming years: “Are we committed to some kind of equality between men and women, or do we want to pivot towards ‘traditional values’—so to speak?” Because whenever people talk about traditional values, they are talking about going back to a time where women, so to speak, knew their place. But you see, in this age, a very large percentage of women do know their place, and it is not the same place as their mothers and grandmothers. And a society that believes it can turn back the clock and have women go back to those roles is just completely out of touch with reality, completely out of touch with the Ascended Master Saint Germain and other ascended masters. Because, as we have said so many times, we of course, have a completely different vision of the equality between men and women. And this is the decade of women. And you can basically say that if you take these conservative movements that promote traditional values, it fits with the old story of a big battleship sailing at night and seeing a light ahead and signaling to the light that it should change course. And then the light signals back that: You should change course because I am a lighthouse. And if you continue on that course, you are going to hit the cliffs. And these conservative movements, if they continue wanting to try and re-suppress women, they are on a collision course with history. This is also an awareness that I look to becoming more prominent in France and in many other nations where there are these conservative movements.
Truly, as I have said before, you will not manifest Saint Germain’s Golden Age by returning to traditional values. Only by transcendence will you manifest the Golden Age.
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