Re:Emmanuel Macron Wins French Presidency in Boost to EU
by adrenalinelol on Sunday May 07, 2017 @03:14PM
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Not exactly a surprise, if the polls were wrong this time, they'd have needed to be off by nearly ~15 points in both directions. This is the first big win neo-liberalism has had in a short-while. Time will tell if it was due to Macron being a good candidate or Marie-la-penn (sp?) turning people off.
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Re:Emmanuel Macron Wins French Presidency in Boost to EU
by RobertoG on Sunday May 07, 2017 @03:20PM
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"Time will tell if it was due to Macron being a good candidate or Marie-la-penn (sp?) turning people off."
Well, it's only an anecdote but a French friend told me this morning: "It's not a good day when you have to vote somebody that you despise."
Interestingly, I had almost the same conversation with an American friend in the last USA elections.
Re:Emmanuel Macron Wins French Presidency in Boost to EU
by riffraff on Sunday May 07, 2017 @03:24PM
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> This is the first big win neo-liberalism has had in a short-while.
IIRC the liberal party just came out first in the dutch elections a couple of months ago (ahead of the local nationalists) so I'd say this is at least the second.