how many seats can En Marche win in the next parliamentary elections?
French Elections 2017
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I have no idea.
Yeah, very true, and I imagine that to some extent the PS will kind of know Macron was a necessity...but still I also imagine there'll be a bit of internal frustration considering how far they've fallen.
Very sad that european politics have been reduced to detecting the fascist candidate and then going into full panic mode trying to elect anyone else instead, even if that someone is not really what people want.
The idea that elections should be about hope of positive change has been replaced by fear that something really bad might come.
I don't see how this is sustainable long-term. The reasons that lead people to the hands of these disguised (sometimes not that disguised) fascists are not being addressed anywhere. Eventually they will start winning if nothing is done.
The idea that elections should be about hope of positive change has been replaced by fear that something really bad might come.
I don't see how this is sustainable long-term. The reasons that lead people to the hands of these disguised (sometimes not that disguised) fascists are not being addressed anywhere. Eventually they will start winning if nothing is done.
Yeah. We've got to stop people stealing our wallpaper.
I don't agree. I'm happy to see that despite fundamental differences of the direction and/or how to get there, there is still a quite broad consensus to say no to fascism and racism.
So it looks like Le Pen may have decided that the FN is too toxic and is trying to go it alone like Macron
She must assume French people to be really stupid.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39696861
Last throw of the dice.. . Head to head polls give her little chance
Will still probably retain right wing vote but can now try to (shamelessly) grab some centre ground as well?
I am confident French voters to be aware that her positions and objectives make Le Pen toxic, not the party she had led.
Politicians everywhere are the same.
They assume everyone else is stupid.
Oh come on! She represents all the french, she is France's president not FN's.
Of course she doesn't represent the values of her and her daddy's party.
This adds uncertainty and I don't like that. I'm like the markets.
Jesus, Jean-Marie is going to love this 
Also: Mayor threatens to resign after his town votes for Le Pen
"It's possible that I will resign because I don't want to devote my life to assholes"
Also: Mayor threatens to resign after his town votes for Le Pen
"It's possible that I will resign because I don't want to devote my life to assholes"
They're right to some extent. Just when you thought the interest in this election was all but done...
Politicians everywhere are the same.
They assume everyone else is stupid.
Jesus, Jean-Marie is going to love this
Also: Mayor threatens to resign after his town votes for Le Pen
"It's possible that I will resign because I don't want to devote my life to assholes"
That is amazing.
She's only said she's taking a break from being the President of the FN, I would guess that break lasts two weeks
Probably... but who knows she might go uber populist and saying she's going to build walls, start extreme vetting and give everybody four extra bank holidays... as I say if she does nothing she looses so has to try something even if it will most probably fail
I love him already. Lol.Jesus, Jean-Marie is going to love this
Also: Mayor threatens to resign after his town votes for Le Pen
"It's possible that I will resign because I don't want to devote my life to assholes"
Of course it's good to see a consensus against fascism, but if that's the only thing that unites people, and not an actual project for the future, than it's a bit sad, that's all. With time I predict that won't be enough. I truly hope I'm wrong.
Don't know how that connects to what I said, but it's a good reason to watch that episode again. Oliver is on fire lately.
- yes, I dread to think what she looks like without make-upEveryone was watching Russia basically so they stayed out if it. Fair suggestion?
Hadn't he already devoted his life to the French?Jesus, Jean-Marie is going to love this
Also: Mayor threatens to resign after his town votes for Le Pen
"It's possible that I will resign because I don't want to devote my life to assholes"
They've told Le Pen that if she doesn't win she'll be shipped off to a gulag
Russia would be blamed regardless of what they have actually done if Le Pen would win and any connection with Russia is ignored when Macron is going to win. The whole Russia angle in all these elections is completely overblown. Yes it exists and we should talk about it, but it is not as big as people think. Did anyone care that Geert Wilders was almost 100% financed by an american guy? Did anyone suggest that the Dutch election result is not legitimate because of it? I think you know the answer.
Im okay with this.
Jesus, Jean-Marie is going to love this
Also: Mayor threatens to resign after his town votes for Le Pen
"It's possible that I will resign because I don't want to devote my life to assholes"
Jesus, Jean-Marie is going to love this
Also: Mayor threatens to resign after his town votes for Le Pen
"It's possible that I will resign because I don't want to devote my life to assholes"
Soros sponsored Russian intervention. Or something.
Jesus, Jean-Marie is going to love this
Also: Mayor threatens to resign after his town votes for Le Pen
"It's possible that I will resign because I don't want to devote my life to assholes"
He's my new hero
To be fair, we know the American people are stupid.Did you said the same thing about US elections?
The French are smelly, arrogant, rude, French but not stupid.
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A bit like sticking a few feathers to an elephant in the hope that people will mistake it for a duck.
Because of the US election system and the unlimited amount of stupidity and hypocrisy I've encountered in interactions with some Americans from rural areas, I was indeed sceptical that Hillary would make it, as you can see in the election thread.Did you said the same thing about US elections?
My experience with French people is a different one, therefore - although the race is far from over - I'm more optimistic that people won't fall for Le Pen's theatrics and Macron will get the required majority to be the next president.
Good for him!Jesus, Jean-Marie is going to love this
Also: Mayor threatens to resign after his town votes for Le Pen
"It's possible that I will resign because I don't want to devote my life to assholes"