This is a fascinating article about the French presidential election, which will be held tomorrow.
LePen is a Trump-like nationalist, anti-immigrant, pledged to withdraw France from the EU. She inherited her party from her father, who was often characterized as a fascist. She has close relations with Putin and endorsed Trump. Her father was a Holocaust denier and a defender of France’s role in Algeria.
Macron is a financier and centrist who acknowledges France’s role in the Holocaust and has denounced French actions in Algeria as “crimes against humanity.” Macron’s campaign has been hacked and attacked by leaks, as well as smears (like saying he is gay and that he has secret bank accounts). The hacks appear to have Kremlin fingerprints on them, as well as those of pro-Trump hackers in the U.S. Macron is married to his high school drama teacher, who is 25 years older than he.
I recall Jean-Marie LePen, the father, as an anti-Semite. The apple didn’t fall far from the tree.
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“Macron is a financier….
‘Nuff said. Some people still remember the world economic crash of 2008 and who caused it.
Dienne,
I prefer a financier to a fascist.
Yes, there is a difference.
And may I add, not only a fascist, but also a con-man.
You say “fascist vs. financier”, I say poop sandwich vs. dirt sandwich. I won’t eat either one. Many people are waking up to that choice too.
Dienne, this is getting stale. French voters have a choice. I hope they choose Macron. France does not need another round of fascism. We are already learning what it means to elect a man with no party, no knowledge, a huge debt to evangelicals, and a huge appetite for self-enrichment and ego gratification.
John Oliver’s take. My French friends and colleagues say, it’s right on the money. An they don’t easily say this about an Englishman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkZir1L7fSY
The BBC has provided great coverage on the French election. It appears to me that the French voters have the same kind of problem that the US voters had in the last presidential election. Neither candidate is popular with a majority of voters. In interviewing French voters many said they wouldn’t vote or if the voted they would vote for the lesser of two evil candidate.
“the same kind of problem ”
The world in which they reside is very different from the one they were
“taught” to believe in…