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.
Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
French presidential election, 2017
Collapse
X
-
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.
Comment
-
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.
Comment
-
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?
Comment
-
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.
Comment
-
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.
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.
Comment
Comment