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    French presidential election, 2017

    The race for the Élysée is already in full swing, with the November 20th primaire for Les Républicains seemingly a face-off between Alain Juppé, who was once banned from holding office for a decade for using Parisian municipal staff in a party capacity, and the returning Nicolas Sarkozy, who appears to have retained popularity within his party, even while the general public are less enchanted. On the left, President Hollande faces a significant struggle merely to win the Socialists' nod, with PM Valls challenging him from the right on security and immigration, while Arnaud Montebourg appears an intriguing anti-austerity contender. Of course, Marine Le Pen remains a strong favourite to reach the final run-off, her long-term influence serving to turn the Republicans more hawkish, similar to the Tories stealing UKIP's clothes. Finally, Bayrou remains the standard-bearer of inoffensive liberalism, the Greens will keep the Socialists honest to the left, and though Melenchon will stand again for the Left Front, the Syriza/Podemos peak appears to have subsided.

    #2
    French presidential election, 2017

    I see you didn't pick up any paragraphs during your recent hiatus...

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      #3
      French presidential election, 2017

      Merge with this other thread?

      So far the most noteworthy development in the présidentielles is sinister no-hope candidate Jean-François Copé's failure to keep track with the price of patisseries.

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        #4
        French presidential election, 2017

        That link refers back to this thread.

        The best response to Copé came from a patissier in Boulogne-Billancourt

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          #5
          French presidential election, 2017

          Juppé looks like the least offensive option among this horrible lot.

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            #6
            French presidential election, 2017

            Whoa there, forget patisserie-based gaffes! Recent developments in the career of President Hollande would not be out of place on our "WTF?" thread:

            http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37702917

            Are the Socialists going to choose a different candidate? Because if not, surely they'll be totally humiliated.

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              #7
              French presidential election, 2017

              I read yesterday his approval rating is 4%. I don't think I've ever heard of a sitting leader having a rating that low.

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                #8
                French presidential election, 2017

                It beggars belief that he might run again.

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                  #9
                  French presidential election, 2017

                  I've been looking at the FN economic policies. They're a joke, like a reactionary shopkeeper met a Marxist in the pub and they decided they fucking loved each other, man.

                  Is it worth the others attacking this nonsense, or does that just legitimise them more?

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                    #10
                    French presidential election, 2017

                    Decent turnout so far in the primaire de droite, already more than a million votes recorded as of noon.

                    First results expected around 20h30 Paris time

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                      #11
                      French presidential election, 2017

                      Le Monde has the real results:

                      Fillon 43%
                      Juppe 26%
                      Sarkozy 24%

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                        #12
                        French presidential election, 2017

                        Important to note that includes how about half of the voting locations, though it does look like Sarko's career is dead (again).

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                          #13
                          French presidential election, 2017

                          Sarko doing spectacularly badly with what I assume are overseas French voters.

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                            #14
                            French presidential election, 2017

                            They voted yesterday

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                              #15
                              French presidential election, 2017

                              Just been reading up very briefly on Juppe's career. He's got a criminal conviction for corruption, ffs, what the hell is he doing running for Pres? Shameless.

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                                #16
                                French presidential election, 2017

                                It was the style at the time . . .

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                                  #17
                                  French presidential election, 2017

                                  Sarko just endorsed Fillon for the second round

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                                    #18
                                    French presidential election, 2017

                                    Expect a massive swing to Juppe then.

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                                      #19
                                      French presidential election, 2017

                                      Looks like the final splits will be roughly Fillon 44, Juppe 28, Sarko 21

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                                        #20
                                        French presidential election, 2017

                                        That's nice. I've always liked him since Firefly.

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                                          #21
                                          French presidential election, 2017

                                          Old Fillon looks a barrel of laughs. Sacking 500,000 civil servants. Our lot didn't say that before the election. They didn't say it after the election. We only found out when a TV camera man noticed it on a bit of paper Danny Alexander was carrying.

                                          The FN might fancy Fillon as an opponent for their big rock candy mountain stuff. No civil service jobs will go except the diversity officer.

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                                            #22
                                            French presidential election, 2017

                                            hobbes wrote: That's nice. I've always liked him since Firefly.
                                            "I aim to misbehave" is a pretty good motto for French presidents.

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                                              #23
                                              French presidential election, 2017

                                              Though the very proper Catholic Fillon would never admit that in public.

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                                                #24
                                                French presidential election, 2017

                                                Tubby Isaacs wrote: Old Fillon looks a barrel of laughs. Sacking 500,000 civil servants. Our lot didn't say that before the election. They didn't say it after the election. We only found out when a TV camera man noticed it on a bit of paper Danny Alexander was carrying.

                                                The FN might fancy Fillon as an opponent for their big rock candy mountain stuff. No civil service jobs will go except the diversity officer.
                                                Actually, Fillon is the worst possible outcome for the FN, he doesn't have the baggage of Sarko or even Juppé. Fillon would crush Flamby, MLP or Macron in the second tour, the presidency is his to lose.

                                                Good to see Sarko getting bitch-slapped, he's off to manage billions for his Carlyle bosses and to get some of the loot his brother has scored. Copé and NKM also getting the boot is another great thing.

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                                                  #25
                                                  French presidential election, 2017

                                                  This sounds like a shitshow. A choice between a Nazi and a "liberal" dick who lives in a
                                                  castle and opposes marriage equality? I thought France was better than that.

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