An interesting week or two to come....

[Rushjob]

It'll be interesting to see how things develop over the next fortnight for the Presidential elections now that it's Le Pen vs Macron........

[rdjohn]

I think it most unlikely that Macron will not win, I suspect that they will each gain about 13% extra.

In any even, if Le Penn were to win, she could never pass any legislation.

On 25th April, everyone will carry on as normal, Macron playing Jupiter, burying his head in the sand, ignoring the fact that France is moving inexorably towards the right and that RN is no longer the far-right candidate.

In the UK Farage forced the hand of the two main parties to do something different, that does not seem to be happening here with a much more diverse electorate.

[Magooagain]

Over a third of the people that voted in my village voted for le Pen.

[rdjohn]

More than 72% of the electorate did not vote for Macron. As the least worst option, he will probably get in.

However it will be hard to manage that level of opposition from all sides.

The utter failure of the Socialists and moderate right leaves a huge void between loony left, loony right and the man in the muddle.

[Rushjob]

Magooagain said:

Over a third of the people that voted in my village voted for le Pen.

Only one person in our very rural commune voted for her, the majority were Macron followed by Mélenchal....

[rdjohn]

Auvergne was fairly typical with more than 73% voting agains Macron and 22% voting for Le Pen and a void where traditional socialist and moderate right should have been.

https://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/resultats/au...

It does tend to show a divided nation, pretty much along the lines of the UK pre Brexit.