[DoodleDawg]

I think it’s a safe bet that if Le Pen wins then she will start France’s withdrawal from the EU. I don’t see the EU surviving the loss of two of its biggest economies.

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He’s not weird, loads of people marry their high school sweetheart!

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He’s not weird, loads of people marry their high school sweetheart!

[ek_hornbeck]

Obviously, France's two mainstream (center "Left" and "Right") are going to throw everything they have to get Macron elected. However, even though Fillon endorsed Macron, there is no guarantee that all or even most of Fillon's supporters will go for Macron. They may very well vote for LePen, since Fillon tried to fill a niche by running as LePen Lite.

While few if any of Melenchon's Hard Left voters will vote for LePen, I don't see many of them backing Macron either, since Melenchon also ran on an anti-globalization platform, albeit for different reasons.

In short, LePen may very well get an upset victory like Trump last November.

[R_Kangel]

How could Macron be France’s Last Great Hope if he is just a repackaged re-branded Socialist with all of the same ideas and goals of his predecessors? If you put lipstick on a Pig .... It’s still a Pig.