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French election: Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen to fight for presid
The establishment lost in this election. The turn out was around the 70% mark. The run off is May 7 2017. Macron is favored to win.
French election: Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen to fight for presidency
Centrist Emmanuel Macron has gone through to the second round of the French election, where he will face far-right leader Marine Le Pen.Mr Macron, a former banker, is seen as a political newcomer - and ran without the backing of an established party.After topping Sunday's vote, he is now favourite to win the run-off on 7 May.
It is the first time in six decades that neither of France's main left-wing or right-wing parties has had a candidate in the second round.How tight is the race?Mr Macron won 23.8% of votes in the first round, while Ms Le Pen took 21.5%. The turnout was high, at almost 79%.The nearest challengers, centre-right François Fillon and hard-left Jean-Luc Mélenchon, fell behind with just over 19% each.
But several political rivals are now expected to unite behind Mr Macron in the run-off vote, in a bid to keep Ms Le Pen's Front National (FN) from power.
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Re: French election: Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen to fight for presid
A fascinating election.
Financial markets seem to like it.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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