Posted on 04/08/2022 10:56:56 AM PDT by simpson96
STIRING-WENDEL, France — Marine Le Pen, the far-right leader making her third attempt to become president of France, already had the backing of voters who came to listen to her recently in Stiring-Wendel, a former coal-mining town struggling to reinvent itself.
But after a 40-minute speech focusing on the rising cost of living, Ms. Le Pen succeeded in doing what even few of her supporters would have predicted just months ago: impressing them. Voters trickling out of an auditorium into the cold evening said she had become “less extreme,” more “mature” and “self-assured” — even “presidential.”
“She has softened, she is more composed, calmer, more serene,” said Yohan Brun, 19, a student who grew up in Stiring-Wendel and had come to listen to Ms. Le Pen because “she cares more about the French people than the other candidates.”
As France votes on Sunday, polls are predicting that this election will be a rematch of the previous one, pitting Ms. Le Pen against President Emmanuel Macron in a second-round showdown.
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Marine will not be allowed to win.
“Democracy” is too important to be left in the hands of the voters.
/lefty thinking
I’ll believe it when I see it
Just find a few no-go banlieue to boost their mail-in vote totals, and everything will be as right as rain
See what you did there...
I don't think I've ever heard what position(s) she holds/held to get the "far-right" label from the press.
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