Not sure what news you get in the US (or other parts of the world) but at the moment the French general election is going as expected.
The two 'outsiders' have moved to the second round. The majority of the other candidates have backed Marcon and have asked their voters to do so.
If polls are to be believed (and they were very accurate with first round) Marcon should win with about 68%.
Doesn't mean there couldn't be an upset or anything like that, due to the uncertainty of things. What's going to come down to is if Marcon can set forth some good policies that the voters like and La Pen just keeps doing what she's doing. Her appeal is lower than his automatically to most voters.
In any case, for me Marcon is the preferred as it means moving to France is still an option. I know that's a bit selfish but anyone would have been better than Le Pen...
I just hope this new guys is what France needs. In a way he reminds me of Obama except he has no party behind him. So in a weird way, he's going to be president with no party. The Parliamentary elections are in June where he has to get people elected to his cause.
It's all a bit weird to be honest.
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