Posted on 04/24/2022 5:27:49 PM PDT by algore
Paris (CNN) — Emmanuel Macron has won France's presidential election, fending off a historic challenge from far-right candidate Marine Le Pen during Sunday's runoff vote.
Macron took 58.55% of Sunday's vote, making him the first French leader to be reelected in 20 years. He and Le Pen advanced to the runoff after finishing in first and second place, respectively, among 12 candidates who ran in the first round on April 10
While the contest was a rematch of the 2017 French presidential runoff, much of Europe watched the election with unease. A Le Pen presidency would have fundamentally changed France's relationship with the European Union and the West, at a time when the bloc and its allies rely on Paris to take a leading role in confronting some of the world's biggest challenges -- most notably, the war in Ukraine.
And though Macron's pitch to voters of a globalized, economically liberal France at the head of a muscular European Union won out over Le Pen's vision for a radical shift inward, the 41.45% of people who voted for her put the French far right closer to the presidency than ever before.
Le Pen's performance is the latest indication that the French public is turning to extremist politicians to voice their dissatisfaction with the status quo. In the first round, far-left and far-right candidates accounted for more than 57% of the ballots cast.
Many of those unsatisfied witthe final two candidates stayed home. The voter abstention rate for the runoff was 28%, according to the French Interior Ministry, the highest for a runoff since 2002.
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Not unexpected
Rigged!!!
I have so little trust in the integrity of our elections, I can’t help but wonder how accurate they are in France.
Have a happy night Macron, celebrating with your grandmother wife.
Of course.
Their election fraud works as well as ours.
And the entire country will bitch about him and protest and strike the entire term 🤪
Its pretty human to do that.
Everyone in power realizes people need someone to manifest hatred against.
Great Reset and New World Order still on schedule.
End of civilization on course.
Nothing more to see here, move along now.
I’ve heard that too but can you provide a link showing where it was rigged? I wanted to study this further
They have paper ballots, voter ID, and no connection to the Internet.
Cheaters gotta cheat.
Cheese weasel wins. France swirls the bowl.
I think the Ukraine invasion was real bad timing for Le Pen.
The least surprising news of the day.
People in Europe are losing faith in democracy. If they aren’t willing to fight for it, they will get the government they deserve.
The turd sandwich defeated the giant douche.
Apparently, the global communists are on an unstoppable roll...
Le Pen is not far right. There is NO right wing in France.
They dont need to cheat when the people are stupid.
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