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Title: French election
Post by: Alex on April 11, 2022, 09:45:42 AM
Yesterday's result, but this is just the first round.

(https://i.postimg.cc/VN6v0KST/france.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/yDMswXyX)
Title: Re: French election
Post by: klondike on April 11, 2022, 10:55:58 AM
I'd like to see Macron get a bloody nose but I doubt Le Pen will be any better for us.
Title: Re: French election
Post by: Alex on April 11, 2022, 11:14:20 AM
These results say 2017 !!!  there's no hope for me...
up to date:
French President Emmanuel Macron will face the far right's Marine Le Pen in a presidential run-off on April 24 after leading the first round on Sunday with 27.6% of the vote to Le Pen's 23.0%, according to an Ipsos exit poll.

Title: Re: French election
Post by: Scrumpy on April 11, 2022, 11:14:57 AM



Le Pen  is far right.. She was president of the National Front for many years..
She would certainly not allow illegal immigrants to get away with benefits or to become legal residents..
If she doesn't get the top job in France perhaps she should apply for the top job over here..
Title: Re: French election
Post by: Jacqueline on April 11, 2022, 12:04:55 PM
Quote from: Scrumpy on April 11, 2022, 11:14:57 AM


Le Pen  is far right.. She was president of the National Front for many years..
She would certainly not allow illegal immigrants to get away with benefits or to become legal residents..
If she doesn't get the top job in France perhaps she should apply for the top job over here..


Yes, and I would vote for her if she did.
Title: Re: French election
Post by: Alex on April 11, 2022, 12:29:04 PM
So would I   :grin:
Title: Re: French election
Post by: crabbyob on April 11, 2022, 02:25:12 PM
you are all red raggers.... i might just have escaped in time
you are a bad infuence on us open minded floating voters




Vive La Le Penn
Title: Re: French election
Post by: 1955vintage on April 11, 2022, 03:52:50 PM
As appalling as she is, she hates the EU and can not be worse than that little slime ball Macron.


I think she might be better for UK than Macron, but not much.
Title: Re: French election
Post by: klondike on April 11, 2022, 03:59:21 PM
She is French so don't expect much love.
Title: Re: French Election.
Post by: Diasi on April 11, 2022, 05:12:47 PM
But if she wanted Frexit an alliance with the UK would help her.
Title: Re: French election
Post by: Alex on April 11, 2022, 05:28:47 PM
I don't think she wants France out of the EU, but she wants to stop immigration so as usual, France will just do her own thing and stuff EU rules. :wink:
Title: Re: French election
Post by: klondike on April 11, 2022, 08:27:46 PM
Macron is Mister EU so seeing him kicked out would be good even if his opponent had slicked down hair and a toothbrush moustache. I suspect it won't happen though. Too much media smearing of anybody on the right in politics these days.
Title: Re: French election
Post by: Alex on April 18, 2022, 03:03:56 PM
Macron is trying to appeal to the women and young people of his country......
(https://i.postimg.cc/rwY91KC2/macron.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)

Gotta be surely  ?  :grin: :grin: :grin:
Title: Re: French election
Post by: klondike on April 18, 2022, 03:22:33 PM
and any roaming gorillas...
Title: Re: French election
Post by: Alex on April 18, 2022, 03:45:11 PM
Put a bag on his head (only because it's Macron) and he looks pretty good to me, not a bad looking fella at all  :cool: :cool: :cool:
Title: Re: French election
Post by: Scrumpy on April 18, 2022, 04:29:08 PM
Too hairy... Too short...
Title: Re: French election
Post by: crabbyob on April 18, 2022, 04:35:39 PM
on the bright side he prefers older women
Title: Re: French election
Post by: Michael Rolls on April 18, 2022, 04:49:00 PM
Quote from: crabbyob on April 18, 2022, 04:35:39 PM
on the bright side he prefers older women
But do older women prefer him?
Mike
Title: Re: French election
Post by: crabbyob on April 18, 2022, 04:51:48 PM
ask Alex... :Help:
Title: Re: French election
Post by: Alex on April 19, 2022, 09:37:12 AM
I love a hairy chest on a man myself and as he's sitting down, you can't tell he's a short arse.
Title: Re: French election
Post by: Scrumpy on April 20, 2022, 12:18:11 PM



My mum used to say 'They are all the same size in bed'  !!
  Poor mum..
Title: Re: French election
Post by: GrannyMac on April 20, 2022, 06:09:41 PM
I want some resolution to illegal immigration, Europe can't take in the rest of the world, they need to get their own countries up to scratch.  However, I don't want extreme government right or left. 

France and England have had a chequered past, not the UK. Scotland and France were allies in the dim and distant.
Title: Re: French election
Post by: Michael Rolls on April 20, 2022, 06:10:24 PM
and that worked well!
Title: Re: French election
Post by: GrannyMac on April 20, 2022, 06:13:42 PM
 :nooo:  not.
Title: Re: French election
Post by: Michael Rolls on April 20, 2022, 06:14:23 PM
exactly
Title: Re: French election
Post by: klondike on April 23, 2022, 09:37:41 AM
I found it amusing that despite all the mainstream media labelling Le Penn as "Far Right" the latest bit of scare mongering seems to be that should she gain the French Presidency she would be cosying up to Putin.

I'm a bit lost with all this Far Left, Far Right baloney anyway. Hitler was labelled Far Right (despite being leader ofthe National Socialists) and Putin as a  supposed communist and so Far Left looks no different at all to me. Both totalitarian dictators.
Title: Re: French election
Post by: Alex on April 23, 2022, 09:54:03 AM
I read that Marine Le Pen obtained loans from Russian banks for her National Rally party because she was blocked by France from obtaining a loan from French or EU banks.



Title: Re: French election
Post by: Alex on April 23, 2022, 10:36:04 AM
Citizens of African origin have some influence on the outcome of the election: Some 3.2 million people of African descent live in France, most of whom have connections to either Algeria, Morocco or Tunisia.

One in ten inhabitants — 6.8 million in total — are immigrants. Among this group, 2.5 million hold a French passport and are thus eligible to cast votes.

https://www.dw.com/de/macron-oder-le-pen-die-afrikanische-diaspora-in-frankreich-vor-der-stichwahl/a-61548775
Title: Re: French election
Post by: klondike on April 23, 2022, 11:18:58 AM
Hmmm...

I suppose they won't be supporting Le Pen then.....  :grin:

I'd love to see Macron ditched. I suspect you would too even if he does have a hairy chest (or possibly a chest wig).

For non German speakers who don't know Google is one...

https://www-dw-com.translate.goog/de/macron-oder-le-pen-die-afrikanische-diaspora-in-frankreich-vor-der-stichwahl/a-61548775?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en

Hmm.. bits in that suggest that some of those French immigrants are more French than many of ours are British.

Nahounou has been supporting the far-right politician for ten years - and also defends her restrictive position on immigration: "Marine is not racist at all. Every foreigner who wants to live in France should respect the values ​​of the republic; that's the minimum so that we can live together be able." One must respect and be grateful to France and not trample on it, says Nahounou: "Anyone who can't stand the French and can't live with them can leave France at any time."

Title: Re: French election
Post by: Alex on April 23, 2022, 12:56:21 PM
My link gives a drop down option to click on an English translation klondike  :upvote:
Title: Re: French election
Post by: klondike on April 23, 2022, 01:22:20 PM
Ooops - never spotted that....
Title: Re: French election
Post by: Michael Rolls on April 25, 2022, 04:34:19 AM
Macron wins with 58.55% of the vote - a bigger margin than the pundits were expecting. Apparently he is the first French president to win a second term in 20 years
Mike
Title: Re: French election
Post by: klondike on April 25, 2022, 08:13:32 AM
It's a disaster. Don't they know that he's French  :?: :?: :?:
Title: Re: French election
Post by: Michael Rolls on April 25, 2022, 08:45:34 AM
Quote from: klondike on April 25, 2022, 08:13:32 AM
It's a disaster. Don't they know that he's French  :?: :?: :?:
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Title: Re: French election
Post by: Alex on April 25, 2022, 09:37:14 AM
It must have been the hairy chest photo wot done it  :grin:
Title: Re: French election
Post by: Jacqueline on April 25, 2022, 10:52:38 AM
Just like here, don't suppose the French people wanted either of them but it was damage limitation.
Title: Re: French Election.
Post by: Diasi on April 25, 2022, 10:59:04 AM
A 41.5% vote share is still a good show for an ultra right-wing party.

A 17% difference is well within the bounds of possible election rigging or voting fraud.
Title: Re: French election
Post by: Michael Rolls on April 25, 2022, 12:33:07 PM
only just read that total turnout was 28%!
Title: Re: French election
Post by: Sheila on April 25, 2022, 12:46:18 PM
Some French people were interviewed yesterday and they didn't seem to like any of their politicians much.  I think many people in this country don't like ours much either.
Title: Re: French election
Post by: Alex on April 26, 2022, 12:01:57 PM
Too true Sheila, I really don't know who I'd want as PM if Boris is kicked out in May.  Ben Wallace has appeared from nowhere as a front runner , I don't know much about him - yet.   I rather like the straight talking ex Labour man Lee Anderson, but I guess he doesn't have enough experience of parliament to be PM.
Title: Re: French election
Post by: Alex on April 27, 2022, 02:57:37 PM
Well, was it a fix  ? :hmm:
If its true that French TV showed 14 million votes each for Macron & Le Pen, then 30 minutes later announce a 58% to 41% win then it seems a bit fishy.  When you think about it, there's no way the EU or the "Establishment" would have let Le Pen win. 

p.s. Macron was pelted with tomatoes today when he visited a market outside Paris. :grin: :grin:
Title: Re: French election
Post by: Cassandra on April 27, 2022, 04:03:11 PM
Quote from: Alex on April 27, 2022, 02:57:37 PM
Well, was it a fix  ? :hmm:
If its true that French TV showed 14 million votes each for Macron & Le Pen, then 30 minutes later announce a 58% to 41% win then it seems a bit fishy.  When you think about it, there's no way the EU or the "Establishment" would have let Le Pen win. 

p.s. Macron was pelted with tomatoes today when he visited a market outside Paris. :grin: :grin:

Macron is a former Youth leader of 'The World Economic Forum' - The "Davos men". As are Jacinda Ardern (New Zealand) and Justin Trudeau Canada

Others include:

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (selected back in 1993)
German Health Minister Jens Spahn
Leo Varadkar, Former Premier Ireland
Alexander De Croo, Prime Minister of Belgium
Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland
Annalena Baerbock, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Germany
Jens Spahn, former Federal Minister of Health, Germany
Annika Saarikko, Minister of Finance, Finland
Mark Boris Andrijanič, Minister of Digital Transformation, Slovenia
Amélie de Montchalin, Minister of Public Sector Transformation and the Civil Service, France
Lea Wermelin, Minister for Environment, Denmark
Niki Kerameus, Minister of Education and Religious Affairs, Greece
Irene Tinagli, Member of the European Parliament
Karien van Gennip, Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, Netherlands
Mamuka Bakhtadze, former Prime Minister of Georgia
Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway
Kirill Dmitriev (2009) Head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund.
Hadia Tajik, Pakistani-Norwegian jurist, journalist and politician

Business Partners:

Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia
Leo Tilman, American financier
Rajiv Shah, President of the Rockefeller Foundation
Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund.
Mark Zuckerberg, Founder of Facebook
Kevin Rose, founder of Digg
Chad Hurley, co-founder and CEO of YouTube
Josh Silverman, CEO of Skype
Michael Birch, founder and CEO of Bebo


And of course our very own British Prime Minister Tony Blair and future King Prince Charles ...

These and a few hundred others are the tight 'cabal' that runs the 'Free' world (joke) and whenever they get into a bit of trouble, like Trudeau, just when the truckers strike was having an impact miraculously something occurs to get them off the hook ...

Very clever people and very dangerous for the future.

Klaus Schwab, who runs the so called 'youth movement' and the Economy wrecker George Soros dominate the so called Evil Empire and its secrecy and aggressive Security knows no bounds.


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Title: Re: French election
Post by: Alex on April 27, 2022, 04:18:08 PM
It's actually worrying the power these people have, collectively they're scary !  :shocked:
Title: Re: French election
Post by: Jacqueline on April 27, 2022, 07:55:53 PM
Does our Parliament have much say in things at all?