Sunday, May 7, 2017

France Goes To The Polls To Elect A New President



Reuters: Macron favorite as France votes for new president, early turnout low

French voters choose on Sunday whether a pro-European Union centrist or a eurosceptic, anti-immigration far-rightist will lead them for the next five years, with early figures indicating turnout could be low, but above most recent forecasts.

Opinion polls predict that after 8 p.m. (1800 GMT) Emmanuel Macron, a 39-year-old ex-economy minister who wants to bridge the left-right divide, will be named as president, seeing off the challenge from National Front leader Marine Le Pen.

A Macron victory would further stem the tide of nativist, anti-globalization voting outcomes like those that will see Britain quit the EU and which made Donald Trump U.S. president.

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WNU Editor: Because of family obligations I will be away from the computer until late Sunday evening. By the time I am back France will have chosen their next President. I will be giving a full update on what has happened at that time. As for live updates from France, go here .... Live: French Election (France 24)

5 comments:

RussInSoCal said...

Le Pen rout. Macron wins 65-35.

viva le Marx!

Anonymous said...

Now that it's settled lets get a look at those emails...see who you really elected!

Jay Farquharson said...

https://theintercept.com/2017/05/06/no-macron-leaks-politically-motivated-hacking-not-whistleblowing/

https://www.buzzfeed.com/zeyneptufekci/dear-france-you-just-got-hacked-dont-make-the-same-mistakes?utm_term=.tgpaqjBG#.utKRmjWz

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/07/the-great-british-brexit-robbery-hijacked-democracy

Anonymous said...

Lol, "Back of the line" was game set and match for Brexit...foreign powers meddling, you could say that:)

Jay Farquharson said...

LMFAO,

Targetted Analetics makes Democracy Irrelevant.