Posted on 11/20/2016 8:36:10 AM PST by Enlightened1
Front National leader Marine Le Pen has taken a substantial lead in the latest French presidential election poll, eight points ahead of her nearest rival. Le Pen secured the support of 29 percent of those surveyed by Ipsos, placing her a commanding eight points ahead of former President Nicolas Sarkozy, representing Les Républicains, and a decisive 15 points ahead of Parti de Gauche’s (Left Party’s) Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the Independent has reported.
At the last Presidential elections in 2012, a year after taking the reins of her party, Ms Le Pen came third in the first round of the with 17.9 per cent of the vote, behind Mr Sarkozy on 27.2 percent and eventual winner Mr Hollande with 28.6 percent.
Since then, however, the party has gone from strength to strength with a string of electoral successes, making her a serious contender for the 2017 Presidential race.
The French Prime Minister Manuel Valls earlier this week conceded that a Le Pen win next year is “possible”, with her bid boosted by the shock election of president-elect Donald Trump in the US Presidential elections.
Mr Valls said: “If she does make it to the second round she will face either a candidate of the left or the right. This means that the balance of politics will change completely.”
Appearing last Sunday on the BBC’s Andrew Marr show – an interview which Marr admitted in his preamble would have been unthinkable before Trump’s election – Le Pen said that Trump’s win “made possible what had previously been presented as impossible. This is really the victory of the people against the elites”
She added: “[This] is a global revolution.”
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If Le Pen, can Nigel Farage be far behind?
“It will be very difficult this time to relegate her to third place in the first round. If she gets into the second round, she will win.”
I have little doubt she’ll get into the 2nd round. Time and again though socialists and the centre right align to defeat the FN. I hope they fail this time, but it will be extremely tough for her.
Nigel farage for president of the new new world order
Madame president,I presume?????
I believe that’s what libs said about PRESIDENT ELECT TRUMP....
LePen should say what Trump is saying, and I think she is. I think the French are fed up, too.
beautiful, and I meant to say she.
The conservative wave is about to sweep over Europe. LePen will be the next President of France—Germany will go right in time as will Italy and Holland. Any war in Europe will be Islam vs. West.
The French are getting fed up... The Muslims wants the French to stop being nude on a beach on the Mediterranean. The beach is a tourist area for both the French and visitors. Muslims KMA...
A truly free market Europe...
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