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Emmanuel Macron wins Second Term

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by rocketsjudoka, Apr 24, 2022.

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    Macron has flaws, but still better than Putin friend Le Pen.
     
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    I thought Le Pen had been in the spotlight for almost 2 decades, but it turns out her father was an even bigger dirtbag than she was.
     
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    I failed to register in time to vote. So, I was especially relieved Le Pen didn't win. If she had, I'd feel worse about not voting.
     
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    Wait you are a French citizen? Or did the joke fly by my head lol?
     
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    No, I'm French and American.
     
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    Take on NPR this morning was that a lot of people turned out to vote AGAINST Le Pen. A lot like the 2020 elections here.

    Now let us smoke, drink wine and sneer at Americans.
     
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    France’s president Macron called a surprise election to force what he termed
    a “clarification” of the political landscape, deeming the parliament “ungovernable” with only a relative majority and 245 seats.

    In the snap election, Le Pen has been defeated by the left .

    For days, Marine Le Pen had confidently predicted that her party would triumph with an outright majority and her protege Jordan Bardella would be prime minister.
    Instead, the National Rally was on course to come in third, behind a left-wing alliance and French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist bloc.
     
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    Good to see the French rejecting authoritarianism, they do kind of have a history of doing so after all.
     
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    I admit I don’t understand French elections but didn’t Le Pen’s party win the most votes in the first round so was that a weeding out round?
     
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    My understanding is that Macron is essentially center right so while this keeps France from going further Right how is Macron going to work with the Left?
     
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    And go a week without bathing. Vive La France!!
     
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    From the article I read last, I was left under the impression it was like a runoff, but different than America because it didn't leave just 2 options.
     
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    Macroni looking like the c•ck of the walk.
     

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