French presidential primaries

[Risottia]

Care to explain that thought process? Because what I see is the growing trend of the European far-right being kneecapped every time they go to an election.

You do realize that a """"Far-right""""" candidate came in second place, right?

In 2002, that would've been impossible.

Chirac vs Le Pen.

Le Pen got, guess what, second place.

[New Oyashima]

I don't know why anyone is surprised, she was behind 20% in the polls. The only reason she made it this far is because there were so many candidates that the vote was split, and her base was enough to carry her to the run-offs, but no further.

This is why I support run off elections.

Edit: The polls were still wrong, she got even less votes then they thought she would.

[Crockerland]

Anyway, to all the French centrists and liberals/center-rightists here and in France, my message is this:

Enjoy the last five years of your tyrannical regime. 2022 will see a further right candidate in office, who will promise a Frexit and get one passed, and the EU will be over and the Kalergi Plan will have failed. You've lost. Enjoy your five years though. It won't last long.

I don't see any evidence supporting that claim, Macron won by a third of the vote, quite a large margin.

[Neu Leonstein]

Edit: The polls were still wrong, she got even less votes then they thought she would.

Yeah. Macron outperformed his polls more than Trump or Brexit. Wanna bet no one remembers that next time a reactionary populist is in with a shot somewhere?

[Vistora]

Edit: The polls were still wrong, she got even less votes then they thought she would.

Yeah. Macron outperformed his polls more than Trump or Brexit. Wanna bet no one remembers that next time a reactionary populist is in with a shot somewhere?

Good thing the AfD's tearing itself to pieces ahead of the German elections

[Zakuvia]

If I were MLP, I'd be furious at Trump and the mockery he made of her ideals.

[Liriena]

Yeah. Macron outperformed his polls more than Trump or Brexit. Wanna bet no one remembers that next time a reactionary populist is in with a shot somewhere?

Good thing the AfD's tearing itself to pieces ahead of the German elections

All hail the Merkelreich! (Or the Schulzreich. He still has a chance. )

[Liriena]

It's just a matter of time, as I said. That, and the French people are far more brainwashed than I thought.

Nice elitism you got there.

[Greater Miami Shores]

According to this source: French joblessness runs at 10 percent, which compares with an average of 8.0 percent across the EU and just 3.9 percent in neighbouring Germany. Macron wants to cut unemployment to seven percent by 2022 by liberalising employment laws, cutting business rates and loosening restrictions in France's 35-hour working week. Macron has also said he wants to reinforce the EU's external borders and has called for a major increase in resources for the Frontex agency. He plans to tour European capitals during his first months in charge to set out a "five-year roadmap to give the eurozone a true budget and to create a Europe of 27 for the environment, industry and managing migration". Macron has also said he is determined to develop European defence by coordinating operations and industrial programmes in this area.

If Macron means to tighten border security and not continue the open border polices, than that is good for Europe. If he means to continue the open border policies than that is bad. Which means, Marine Le Pen, the National Front Party and others across Europe, will have another chance.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/fiv ... spartandhp

If that's the case, Vive Le Pen, Vive La France.

[Empire of Cats]

Anyway, to all the French centrists and liberals/center-rightists here and in France, my message is this:

Enjoy the last five years of your tyrannical regime. 2022 will see a further right candidate in office, who will promise a Frexit and get one passed, and the EU will be over and the Kalergi Plan will have failed. You've lost. Enjoy your five years though. It won't last long.

Care to make a bet?

[Genivaria]

Anyway, to all the French centrists and liberals/center-rightists here and in France, my message is this:

Enjoy the last five years of your tyrannical regime. 2022 will see a further right candidate in office, who will promise a Frexit and get one passed, and the EU will be over and the Kalergi Plan will have failed. You've lost. Enjoy your five years though. It won't last long.

I don't think you have a clue what 'tyranny' is if you think moderates and center leftists are tyrants.

[The Grene Knyght]

35-hour working week

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[Major-Tom]

Anyway, to all the French centrists and liberals/center-rightists here and in France, my message is this:

Enjoy the last five years of your tyrannical regime. 2022 will see a further right candidate in office, who will promise a Frexit and get one passed, and the EU will be over and the Kalergi Plan will have failed. You've lost. Enjoy your five years though. It won't last long.

Frankly - I was gonna write a well reasoned response until I googled the Kalergi plan. If you honestly believe in such shit, you need to take a long look at yourself.

The alt right is a cancerous tumor in modern politics.

[Geilinor]

Anyway, to all the French centrists and liberals/center-rightists here and in France, my message is this:

Enjoy the last five years of your tyrannical regime. 2022 will see a further right candidate in office, who will promise a Frexit and get one passed, and the EU will be over and the Kalergi Plan will have failed. You've lost. Enjoy your five years though. It won't last long.

France is no tyrannical regime. Leftists have the right to vote as well but they lost.

[Major-Tom]

Edit: The polls were still wrong, she got even less votes then they thought she would.

Yeah. Macron outperformed his polls more than Trump or Brexit. Wanna bet no one remembers that next time a reactionary populist is in with a shot somewhere?

LePen didn't even have a shot.

Several months from now it'll be, "be careful, we wouldn't want the AFD in power. They're closing in at....10%?"

SMH. The Anglosphere is entirely different from....everywhere else.

[Socialist Nordia]

With the failure of Hofer, Wilders, and now Le Pen, with the AfD on track for failure, I think the right wing populist surge has now begun its decline.

[Genivaria]

Anyway, to all the French centrists and liberals/center-rightists here and in France, my message is this:

Enjoy the last five years of your tyrannical regime. 2022 will see a further right candidate in office, who will promise a Frexit and get one passed, and the EU will be over and the Kalergi Plan will have failed. You've lost. Enjoy your five years though. It won't last long.

Frankly - I was gonna write a well reasoned response until I googled the Kalergi plan. If you honestly believe in such shit, you need to take a long look at yourself.

The alt right is a cancerous tumor in modern politics.

Kalergi plan.......wait is this shit for real?

[Nirvash Type TheEND]

6 threads on the front page of reddit about the Macron win.

Possibly because TD supported Le Pen?

You don't think Silicon Valley elites would do such a thing... do you?

[Neo Balka]

With the failure of Hofer, Wilders, and now Le Pen, with the AfD on track for failure, I think the right wing populist surge has now begun its decline.

i wouldnt be so sure.

But then again, its western Europe, Leftist circlejerking has been the norm since the fall of the berlin wall, oddly enough.

[Greater Miami Shores]

35-hour working week

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Lol, me too, but at same pay $ dosent work well.

[Thermodolia]

Anyway, to all the French centrists and liberals/center-rightists here and in France, my message is this:

Enjoy the last five years of your tyrannical regime. 2022 will see a further right candidate in office, who will promise a Frexit and get one passed, and the EU will be over and the Kalergi Plan will have failed. You've lost. Enjoy your five years though. It won't last long.

Duly noted

And shoved into the bin of crazy right wing ramblings

[Oldenfranck]

100% of the vote is now in, I think. And for what it's worth, Macron even outperformed the standard exit poll by like 0.3%. He underperformed a couple ones, but for the most part, it was all on par.

Here are the completed results: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/201 ... -maps.html

[Greater Miami Shores]

Post updated and reposted:

According to this source: French joblessness runs at 10 percent, which compares with an average of 8.0 percent across the EU and just 3.9 percent in neighbouring Germany. Macron wants to cut unemployment to seven percent by 2022 by liberalising employment laws, cutting business rates and loosening restrictions in France's 35-hour working week. Macron has also said he wants to reinforce the EU's external borders and has called for a major increase in resources for the Frontex agency. He plans to tour European capitals during his first months in charge to set out a "five-year roadmap to give the eurozone a true budget and to create a Europe of 27 for the environment, industry and managing migration". Macron has also said he is determined to develop European defence by coordinating operations and industrial programmes in this area.

If Macron really is conservative or right wing, which from my perspective will be good for France and Europe. If Macron means to tighten border security and not continue the open border polices, than that is good for Europe. If he means to continue the open border policies than that is bad for Europe. Which means, Marine Le Pen, the National Front Party and others across Europe, will have another chance.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/fiv ... spartandhp

In that case, Vive Le Pen, Vive La France.

[Thermodolia]

100% of the vote is now in, I think. And for what it's worth, Macron even outperformed the standard exit poll by like 0.3%. He underperformed a couple ones, but for the most part, it was all on par.

Here are the completed results: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/201 ... -maps.html

Did Le Pen only win two regions?

[Oldenfranck]

100% of the vote is now in, I think. And for what it's worth, Macron even outperformed the standard exit poll by like 0.3%. He underperformed a couple ones, but for the most part, it was all on par.

Here are the completed results: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/201 ... -maps.html

Did Le Pen only win two regions?

Yeah

Here's a link to the wiki page with a less detailed but cleaner map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_pr ... tion,_2017