French Presidential and Legislative Elections 2017-News and Updates

[Śakra]

i wish so too then all that left is germany

NPD is making good progress too.

 

[Vergennes]

If I was French I would be partial to this guy. Looks intelligent and sincere.

I somewhat agree with you. You also should have seen his intervention on CETA in the european parliament in which he condemned the EU's liberal trade policy,went somewhat viral. @Nilgiri

But probably vote for him. Reminds me of Michel Lonsdale out of Day of the Jackal movie.

I will be voting for François Fillon in the coming primary,I hope he wins,even if beating Sarkozy is a hard task. His popularity is growing,even more after the two TV debates where he was the most calm,serious,honest and the candidate that knew better all the subjects. He is considered to have the best project for a sick France of bureaucracy,trade unions,high taxes,low consumption,low growth,high unemployment etc.
He's being labelled by his adversaries as the 'Thatcher boy' (but he takes it as a compliment,he says she reformed her country) because of his very liberal and 'shock' project. But I believe that's what France needs.

Among many things he proposes ;

-€100 to €110Bn of public spending cuts.
-500.000 public sector jobs to be cut.
-Retirement age to increase from 60 to 65 years old.
-Legal weekly 35 working hours will disappear,public servants will see their weekly working hours increase from 35 to 39h. For businesses,local agreements will be negociated to choose a weekly working hour,but with the limit of 48h/week.
-Unemployment benefits to be cut after months,and cut a second times after some months.

The goal is also to make our groups more competitive,and make the french workers more cheaper to work.
€40Bn of tax cuts for businesses and reduce labor costs.
€10Bn tax cuts for the households,targeting the families. But V.A.T will increase by 2 points,not councerning the first necessity goods though.

But Republican's primary candidates have overall similar projects,but the numbers aren't really the same.

Translation: Le Pen vs ???

Le Pen will be in secound round,no doubt about that. Now,winning is another story.

Le Pen

i wish so too then all that left is germany

Marine Le Pen is gonna win!!

Let's even suppose,by a general surprise that she wins. How will she form a government ? Will her party gain the majority in the parliament ? How would she form a coalition ? Zat iz ze qouestion!

 

[vostok]

The three leaders will look good together.

 

[TMA]

The three leaders will look good together.
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Trump and Le Pen combined cannot match one half of Putin.

 

[waz]

All the best to our French neighbours and friends.

 

[Desert Fox]

Trump and Le Pen combined cannot match one half of Putin.

True, but it's a step in the right direction.

 

[Desert Fox]

After Trump Win, Parallel Path Is Seen for Marine Le Pen of France’s Far Right​

HÉNIN-BEAUMONT, France — It was a moment of intense French patriotism on a sunny Friday, Armistice Day. A band blared “La Marseillaise,” the national anthem. Shouts of “Vive la France!” filled the chilly November air. And there, too, was Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Front party, beaming.

Before Donald J. Trump’s presidential victory in the United States this week, Ms. Le Pen was considered a disruptive political force but far from a true threat to become president herself when France votes next spring. Not anymore.

Since Wednesday, French news outlets, along with Ms. Le Pen’s mainstream political rivals, have been repeating the same thing: It could happen here.

And Ms. Le Pen is not alone. From the Balkans to the Netherlands, politicians on the far right have greeted the election of Mr. Trump with unrestrained delight and as a radical reconfiguring of the political landscape — not just in the United States, but in Europe as well.


They are seeing it as a sign that their time has finally arrived, and that the politics of heightened nationalism, immigrant-bashing and anti-globalization have overturned the pro-globalization, pro-immigration consensus.

“It shows that when the people really want something, they can get it,” Ms. Le Pen said in an interview on Friday in this far-right bastion, in France’s depressed postindustrial north.

“When the people want to retake their destiny in hand, they can do it, despite this ceaseless campaign of denigration and infantilization,” she said.

Far-right leaders competed in their fervor to support Mr. Trump. Those already in office, like Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary, took the news of Mr. Trump’s victory as a vindication of their stances. Those seeking office, like Ms. Le Pen or Geert Wilders of the Netherlands, saw it as a hopeful sign for their own aspirations, proclaiming that a revolutionary new order was born this week.

That revolution, they said, has overthrown what they called the “elites” — the mainstream news media and establishment politicians — who are in a tacit alliance.

The enthusiasm of the far right was in striking contrast to the coolness of Europe’s mainstream leaders to the week’s news. Some of them, like Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, offered veiled criticism even as they sent Mr. Trump pro forma letters of congratulation.

“It’s the emergence of a new world,” Ms. Le Pen said, after being the first to lay a wreath at the monument here to France’s World War I dead. “It’s the end of the 20th century.”

Even more ecstatic was Mr. Wilders, leader of the Dutch far-right Freedom Party. “Congratulations! A historic victory! A revolution! We will return our country to the Dutch,” Mr. Wilders said on Wednesday on Twitter. He expanded on his thoughts in an op-ed for Breitbart, writing, “We are witnessing the same uprising on both sides of the Atlantic.”

Mr. Wilders, who sports his own Trumpian mane of swept blond hair, is on trial in the Netherlands on charges of hate speech for suggesting that the country was home to too many Moroccans. He refused to attend the trial or to disavow the remarks.

His party is allied with Ms. Le Pen’s National Front in the European Parliament, and both are staunchly anti-immigration. He attended several Trump rallies, and like Ms. Le Pen, he is seeking to be his country’s leader.

Populist leaders, not necessarily of the far right, who have mounted insurgent challenges to longstanding political orders were similarly buoyed by Mr. Trump’s victory, like Beppe Grillo, the leader of the Five Star Movement in Italy.

“They called us sexists, homophobes, demagogues and populists,” Mr. Grillo wrote in a blog post. “They don’t realize that millions of people already no longer read their newspapers and no longer watch their television.”

The idea that Mr. Trump’s supporters had delivered a double blow — to the establishment’s ideas and to the “elite” itself — had wide support.

“The left and the corrupt establishment, which considers itself so superior, are being punished blow by blow by the voters and voted out of various positions of responsibility,” said Heinz-Christian Strache, leader of the Freedom Party of Austria, a serious contender to win the country’s presidency on Dec. 4.

Ms. Le Pen in many ways stands as the most prominent leader of Europe’s far right. The French political establishment was in consensus this week that the news from the United States had put new wind in her political sails.

“Mrs. Le Pen could win in France,” said the former Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, usually known for his sobriety.

A cartoon on the front page of the leading daily Le Monde this week showed a grinning Mr. Trump giving the V for victory sign while a winged Ms. Le Pen happily flew away, with the caption, “Marine Le Pen feels wings grow.”

Some analysts, however, pointed out that she faces significant barriers.

For months, it has been an article of faith in France that Ms. Le Pen will reach the runoff in next year’s presidential elections, but will find it impossible to break through the 30-percent barrier that has roughly comprised the National Front’s share of the vote.

In France, voters on the left and right routinely join in the final round of voting, to form what is called a “republican front” to defeat the candidate of the far right.

Experts suggested on Friday that similar logic might operate next year, and that Ms. Le Pen is no Mr. Trump.

“Le Pen is the candidate of a party that is on the margins of the system,” said Jean-Yves Camus, an expert on Europe’s far-right parties. “Donald Trump was the candidate of the Republican Party. He had resources that were not comparable to hers.”

Ms. Le Pen was in friendly territory here on Friday in this worn, old former coal-mining town, where unemployment reaches 20 percent, twice the national average.

It is one of 11 or so towns in France ruled by the National Front, and it was difficult to find an opposing voice on Friday. “You’re a fantastic woman!” a woman called out to Ms. Le Pen as she ascended the steep steps of the old city hall building. Others crowded around to have cellphone pictures taken with her.

The National Front mayor here, Steeve Briois, is a favorite of Ms. Le Pen’s. “France is no longer France,” Mr. Briois said in his speech in the council chambers on Friday — the same line Mr. Trump used after the terrorist attack in Nice in July.

Mr. Briois said later he was aware that Mr. Trump had spoken those words, and he agreed with them.

“There is the same desire to change politics in France,” Mr. Briois said. As in the United States, he added, “a lot of French are victims of globalization and immigration.”

“So, we’ve got to change our politics,” he said. “And the only one who can do it is Marine Le Pen.”

Reporting was contributed by Christopher Schuetze from Amsterdam, Gaia Pianigiani from Rome, Alison Smale from Berlin, Daphne Angles from Paris, and Bálint Bárdi from Budapest.

 

[Vergennes]

France's Emmanuel Macron declares presidency bid

France's former Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron says he is to join the race for the presidency.


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37994372

 

[Vergennes]

Le Pen opens campaign HQ (up the road from the Elysée)

Marine Le Pen opened her party headquarters on Wednesday just down the road from the Elysée palace, choosing a rose as her party's new logo.

http://www.thelocal.fr/20161116/le-pen-opens-campaign-hq-up-the-road-from-the-elyse

 

[Deliorman]

Who is supposed to deport all the monkeys and sand niggers out + declare a war on Turkey other than Le Pen?

 

[vostok]

 

[Vergennes]

yeah sarkozy and trump, they will grab the world by the pu$$y

Well,we will know this today !
Today is the first round of the Republican primary,the last polling stations will be closed at 7pm (french hour) and we would know the results later in the night.
I voted this morning,and interestingly there was a big queue,there were far more people than when I voted during the regional elections.

 

[vostok]

Well,we will know this today !
Today is the first round of the Republican primary,the last polling stations will be closed at 7pm (french hour) and we would know the results later in the night.
I voted this morning,and interestingly there was a big queue,there were far more people than when I voted during the regional elections.

I always thought that Sarkozy is same faceless manager, as Hollande. In the end of his term Sarkozy deserved general contempt. Am I right?
@Vergennes What can you say?

 

[Vergennes]

I always thought that Sarkozy is same faceless manager, as Hollande. In the end of his term Sarkozy deserved general contempt. Am I right?

Sarkozy when took office had to face two major economical crisis,and had to manage a France with high deficits,rising debts,poverty,unemployment etc,of course this played in 2012. Sarkozy might not be perfect,but he had the authority,something the clown Hollande lack.

@Blue Marlin

The first results are coming. The votes of 2912 polling stations (out of 10.228) were counted and Fillon comes first at 42,8%,followed by Juppé at 26% and Sarkozy at 24,4%,of course this is just the begining !

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New results :

The votes of 4219 polling stations (out of 10.228) were counted and Fillon comes first at 43,3%,followed by Juppé at 26,2% and Sarkozy at 23,7%.

Bruno Le Maire at 2,9%.
Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet at 2,2%.
Jean Frédéric Poisson at 1,4%.
Jean François Copé at 0,3%.
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New results :

The votes of 5496 polling stations (out of 10.228) were counted and Fillon comes first at 43,6%,followed by Juppé at 26,7% and Sarkozy at 22,9%.

Bruno Le Maire at 2,8%.
Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet at 2,3%.
Jean Frédéric Poisson at 1,4%.
Jean François Copé at 0,3%.
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New results :

The votes of 7365 polling stations (out of 10.228) were counted and Fillon comes first at 43,7%,followed by Juppé at 27,8% and Sarkozy at 21,7%.

Bruno Le Maire at 2,6%.
Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet at 2,5%.
Jean Frédéric Poisson at 1,4%.
Jean François Copé at 0,3%.


@AUz

 

[Blue Marlin]

Sarkozy when took office had to face two major economical crisis,and had to manage a France with high deficits,rising debts,poverty,unemployment etc,of course this played in 2012. Sarkozy might not be perfect,but he had the authority,something the clown Hollande lack.

@Blue Marlin

The first results are coming. The votes of 2912 polling stations (out of 10.228) were counted and Fillon comes first at 42,8%,followed by Juppé at 26% and Sarkozy at 24,4%,of course this is just the begining !

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New results :

The votes of 4219 polling stations (out of 10.228) were counted and Fillon comes first at 43,3%,followed by Juppé at 26,2% and Sarkozy at 23,7%.

Bruno Le Maire at 2,9%.
Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet at 2,2%.
Jean Frédéric Poisson at 1,4%.
Jean François Copé at 0,3%.
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New results :

The votes of 5496 polling stations (out of 10.228) were counted and Fillon comes first at 43,6%,followed by Juppé at 26,7% and Sarkozy at 22,9%.

Bruno Le Maire at 2,8%.
Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet at 2,3%.
Jean Frédéric Poisson at 1,4%.
Jean François Copé at 0,3%.
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New results :

The votes of 7365 polling stations (out of 10.228) were counted and Fillon comes first at 43,7%,followed by Juppé at 27,8% and Sarkozy at 21,7%.

Bruno Le Maire at 2,6%.
Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet at 2,5%.
Jean Frédéric Poisson at 1,4%.
Jean François Copé at 0,3%.


@AUz

whos the guy with the most votes? is he a socialist or capitalist, is he left or right wing?