Macron & Le Pen Second Round (69)
A look at whose side everyone is on (and who is on the fence)
The Local/AFP news.france@thelocal.com
28 April 2017
People have come out in support of Macron and Le Pen both in France and abroad, while others remain firmly on the fence. Here's a breakdown of who's in whose camp.
We already know that France is very divided country in terms of those who back either "France first" Le Pen or pro-Europe Macron.
Le Pen's supporters are typically young and working class, while Macron's are typically well educated, middle class or "the French that are doing well", as one political analyst described them.
But it doesn't appear to be so divided among the political elite of France and indeed around the world.
Here's a closer look at the people who have issued calls to back either of the two candidates - followed by a look at those who have chosen to sit firmly on the fence, even in spite of criticism.
Those who back Macron
Not everyone who has issued a call to back Macron actually supports the candidate, remember he only got 24 percent of the vote inthe first round.
Nevertheless we have lumped those who have come out clearly with a call to either support the centrist candidate or block Le Pen or stated that they would cast their vote for him.
Most politicians in France have backed Macron, albeit with varying degrees of enthusiasm.
These supporters include President Francois Hollande, who said: "What's at stake is our idea of France."
Defeated Republicans party candidate Francois Fillon and Socialist Benoit Hamon - who were presidential candidates themselves - were both quick to say they would be voting for Emmanuel Macron in the second round.
Macron has also been endorsed by past and present members of the current government, including Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, former prime minister Manuel Valls, former justice minister Christiane Taubira, Environment Minister Ségolene Royal, Health Minister Marisol Touraine, and Education Minister Najat Belkacem. Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo called on France to vote for Macron to block Le Pen this week.
Le Pen supporters
The outspoken voters for Le Pen are few enough to count on one hand. Some of them are only doing it to keep Macron out of power, too.
Christine Boutin, leader of France's Christian Democratic Party, is calling for people to vote Le Pen... although doesn't come across as her biggest fan.
"My decision is clear, and it's not Macron," she told Le Figaro newspaper this week.
She added that a vote for Le Pen "wasn't a vote for the National Front, just a vote against Macron".
In terms of French celebrities, Le Pen can count on the support of comedian Franck de la Personne and former actress turned animal right's activist Brigitte Bardot.
"I want her to save France. She is the Joan of Arc of the 21st century," Bardot has said, adding that she admired Le Pen for her "desire to take France in her hands, restore its borders and give priority to the French."
Ukip MEP Nigel Farage, who has tweeted out photos of himself with Le Pen, has made his allegiance clear.
"I see Macron as the enemy," he said (see tweet below).
"He wants Brussels to be even stronger, and I can't see that it's in our interests when the Junckers and others are all lining up to try and punish Britain," Farage told LBC radio, referring to European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker.
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The Local/AFP news.france@thelocal.com
28 April 2017
People have come out in support of Macron and Le Pen both in France and abroad, while others remain firmly on the fence. Here's a breakdown of who's in whose camp.
We already know that France is very divided country in terms of those who back either "France first" Le Pen or pro-Europe Macron.
Le Pen's supporters are typically young and working class, while Macron's are typically well educated, middle class or "the French that are doing well", as one political analyst described them.
But it doesn't appear to be so divided among the political elite of France and indeed around the world.
Here's a closer look at the people who have issued calls to back either of the two candidates - followed by a look at those who have chosen to sit firmly on the fence, even in spite of criticism.
Those who back Macron
Not everyone who has issued a call to back Macron actually supports the candidate, remember he only got 24 percent of the vote inthe first round.
Nevertheless we have lumped those who have come out clearly with a call to either support the centrist candidate or block Le Pen or stated that they would cast their vote for him.
Most politicians in France have backed Macron, albeit with varying degrees of enthusiasm.
These supporters include President Francois Hollande, who said: "What's at stake is our idea of France."
Defeated Republicans party candidate Francois Fillon and Socialist Benoit Hamon - who were presidential candidates themselves - were both quick to say they would be voting for Emmanuel Macron in the second round.
Macron has also been endorsed by past and present members of the current government, including Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, former prime minister Manuel Valls, former justice minister Christiane Taubira, Environment Minister Ségolene Royal, Health Minister Marisol Touraine, and Education Minister Najat Belkacem. Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo called on France to vote for Macron to block Le Pen this week.
Le Pen supporters
The outspoken voters for Le Pen are few enough to count on one hand. Some of them are only doing it to keep Macron out of power, too.
Christine Boutin, leader of France's Christian Democratic Party, is calling for people to vote Le Pen... although doesn't come across as her biggest fan.
"My decision is clear, and it's not Macron," she told Le Figaro newspaper this week.
She added that a vote for Le Pen "wasn't a vote for the National Front, just a vote against Macron".
In terms of French celebrities, Le Pen can count on the support of comedian Franck de la Personne and former actress turned animal right's activist Brigitte Bardot.
"I want her to save France. She is the Joan of Arc of the 21st century," Bardot has said, adding that she admired Le Pen for her "desire to take France in her hands, restore its borders and give priority to the French."
Ukip MEP Nigel Farage, who has tweeted out photos of himself with Le Pen, has made his allegiance clear.
"I see Macron as the enemy," he said (see tweet below).
"He wants Brussels to be even stronger, and I can't see that it's in our interests when the Junckers and others are all lining up to try and punish Britain," Farage told LBC radio, referring to European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker.
TWEET
Nigel Farage ? @Nigel_Farage
'@EmmanuelMacron is an enemy of nation state democracy. He is bad news for Brexit Britain.
3:13 AM - 25 Apr 2017
1,738 1,738 Retweets 2,857 2,857 likes
TWEET
Nigel Farage ? @Nigel_Farage
Écoutez l'interview exclusive entre @MLP_officiel et moi-même sur @LBC ce soir à partir de 20h (CET) 19h (GMT) #FarageOnLBC
7:59 AM - 15 Mar
Read more and watch videos;
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SistaCallie: shooo, you know you're on the mark! Cowards just as their leader Trump!
Insulting again Sista?
I'm not coward and neither us my President.
It's pathetic to judge a president if the most powerful country as coward.
You're so out of line calling us like you do.
Slang is what Americans are fond if.
Explanation for Life ''s comment.
Not because we're coward.
Welcome back.
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lindsyjones: Insulting again Sista?
I'm not coward and neither is my President.
It's pathetic to judge a president of the most powerful country as coward.
You're so out of line calling us like you do.
Slang is what Americans are fond of.
Explanation for Life ''s comment.
Not because we're coward.
Welcome back.
I'm not coward and neither is my President.
It's pathetic to judge a president of the most powerful country as coward.
You're so out of line calling us like you do.
Slang is what Americans are fond of.
Explanation for Life ''s comment.
Not because we're coward.
Welcome back.
Corrected version
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lindsyjones: Insulting again Sista?
I'm not coward and neither is my President.
It's pathetic to judge a president if the most powerful country as coward.
You're so out of line calling us like you do.
Slang is what Americans are fond if.
Explanation for Life ''s comment.
Not because we're coward.
Welcome back.
I'm not coward and neither is my President.
It's pathetic to judge a president if the most powerful country as coward.
You're so out of line calling us like you do.
Slang is what Americans are fond if.
Explanation for Life ''s comment.
Not because we're coward.
Welcome back.
This is better.
You should try to extend courtesy and respect to the deserving leader of this country.
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lindsyjones: This is better.
You should try to extend courtesy and respect to the deserving leader of this country.
Yes, you're right... and I will do such when there is a deserving LEADER OF THIS COUNTRY!You should try to extend courtesy and respect to the deserving leader of this country.
BTW, I was gone because I've been out taking care of ministry business in the mission field... and where is RMac?
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SistaCallie: Yes, you're right... and I will do such when there is a deserving LEADER OF THIS COUNTRY!
BTW, I was gone because I've been out taking care of ministry business in the mission field... and where is RMac?
BTW, I was gone because I've been out taking care of ministry business in the mission field... and where is RMac?
SIsta, your deserving is irrelevant, we voted and he won. I understand you don't like him but he deserves support and yes I'd question him if his actions is not for the benefit of this country. I voted for Obama, and his lies were proven, from then on, I became his worst critique, but I can't say his followers are stupid or liars. It's childish to label ys, Trump supporters as cowards.
Just like it's childish and immature if you to be talking about me being banned.
I know you were but that's beside the point.
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“The Grand Mosque of Paris and its National Federation (FGMP) call on Muslims in France to vote massively for candidate Emmanuel Macron,” Dalil Boubakeur, Rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, said in a statement cited by Huffington Post on Monday, April 24.
He added that the second round “is decisive for the destiny of France and its religious minorities.”
Without referencing Marine Le Pen explicitly, Boubakeur said, “the French must imperatively remain united and united in the face of the reality of the threat incarnated by xenophobic ideas dangerous for our national cohesion.”
He added that the second round “is decisive for the destiny of France and its religious minorities.”
Without referencing Marine Le Pen explicitly, Boubakeur said, “the French must imperatively remain united and united in the face of the reality of the threat incarnated by xenophobic ideas dangerous for our national cohesion.”
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SistaCallie: Yes, you're right... and I will do such when there is a deserving LEADER OF THIS COUNTRY!
BTW, I was gone because I've been out taking care of ministry business in the mission field... and where is RMac?
BTW, I was gone because I've been out taking care of ministry business in the mission field... and where is RMac?
so,only accept an Election if it fits your notions?
what's the use of having any,then?
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said France’s Emmanuel Macron will make a “strong president” if he wins the May 7 runoff election against Marine Le Pen, a prospect that she explicitly backed.
Asked whether a victorious Macron would have to prove that he’s not a “poodle” to Germany, Merkel called the expression “simply absurd” in an interview with German media group Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland.
“I don’t have the slightest doubt that Emmanuel Macron will be a strong president if he’s elected, which I would wish for,” Merkel told RND in an interview published Friday.
The German leader has barely concealed her preference for the second-round contest in France, where polls suggest Macron will defeat the National Front candidate. After Macron won the most votes in the first round on Sunday, Merkel spokesman Steffen Seibert lauded the candidate for his success and his support for a “strong EU” and social market economy.
Merkel said she expects the next French president to pursue national interests “just as the German chancellor would.” The German-French partnership is “indispensable” for Europe, she said.
Merkel’s finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, has already backed Macron, saying he’d “probably” vote for the former French economy minister if he could.
“He has great charm and he really wants to change things,” Schaeuble told a panel on April 11.
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SistaCallie: Yes, you're right... and I will do such when there is a deserving LEADER OF THIS COUNTRY!
BTW, I was gone because I've been out taking care of ministry business in the mission field... and where is RMac?
Going by your threads any President enjoying your support would have to be a real sick one . Get it , your rotten cow lost the election .BTW, I was gone because I've been out taking care of ministry business in the mission field... and where is RMac?
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epirb: Going by your threads any President enjoying your support would have to be a real sick one . Get it , your rotten cow lost the election .
Love how you put that one E..
Whew, real sick to have the respect of this Trump hater. Love it.
That goes to show what you are Minister Sista.
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lindsyjones: Love how you put that one E..
Whew, real sick to have the respect of this Trump hater. Love it.
That goes to show what you are Minister Sista.
Thank you sinner Jones glad you recognized? Whew, real sick to have the respect of this Trump hater. Love it.
That goes to show what you are Minister Sista.
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Marine Le Pen promises eurosceptic prime minister if she wins French elections.
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SistaCallie: Thank you sinner Jones glad you recognized?
Thank you Lord for making me a sinner so minister Sista can condemn me.
The truth Sista, is you hate Trump.
Don't you?
Calling us cowards and what else.
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It's going to affect the people of France the most.
I say let them research their choices and past track records for their country. I follow some but the people of France are the ones closest to the fray.
I'm not rooting for any one in another country. I'm not directly affected enough for deeper information nor a voter for the respective regions to actually add to differences.
It's nice to gain insight from some of the residents just the same.
I say let them research their choices and past track records for their country. I follow some but the people of France are the ones closest to the fray.
I'm not rooting for any one in another country. I'm not directly affected enough for deeper information nor a voter for the respective regions to actually add to differences.
It's nice to gain insight from some of the residents just the same.
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HexagonKeySet: The simple fact that Merkel supports Macron should be sufficient reason for the French to tell Macron "NON"
Who is the guy ?
Who's putting the money behind him ?
Why should anyone trust him ?
Is he just another US sponsored plant ... a 'handsome, bright young thing - like Blair in UK and Key in NZ' who promises change and delivers havoc as they do their offshore political master's bidding without care and concern for the population they were supposed to serve ?
As for Callie ... still a poorly informed shill !
The fact that Merkel supports Macron is a huge concern; knowing how Merkel destroyed Germany as if she hates her own people. Perhaps Franch people can expect the same from Macron. Who is the guy ?
Who's putting the money behind him ?
Why should anyone trust him ?
Is he just another US sponsored plant ... a 'handsome, bright young thing - like Blair in UK and Key in NZ' who promises change and delivers havoc as they do their offshore political master's bidding without care and concern for the population they were supposed to serve ?
As for Callie ... still a poorly informed shill !
Whirred, for which interest this people work when destroying their own country by allowing milions of iligal immigrants to enter without control ....and let radical Islam to terrorise and kill innocent people.
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Draegoneer: It's going to affect the people of France the most.
I say let them research their choices and past track records for their country. I follow some but the people of France are the ones closest to the fray.
I'm not rooting for any one in another country. I'm not directly affected enough for deeper information nor a voter for the respective regions to actually add to differences.
It's nice to gain insight from some of the residents just the same.
I say let them research their choices and past track records for their country. I follow some but the people of France are the ones closest to the fray.
I'm not rooting for any one in another country. I'm not directly affected enough for deeper information nor a voter for the respective regions to actually add to differences.
It's nice to gain insight from some of the residents just the same.
The French election will affect far more than just the French. It will have a direct affect on the UK's Brexit, and how other countries maintain their commitment to the EU.
All that will have a big influence on North America, so this election is of great importance to vast areas outside of France too.
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Merkel's support for Macron could very well have the opposite effect!
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Conrad73: Merkel's support for Macron could very well have the opposite effect!
Lesson not learnt by Merkel that was given by Cameron during the US election . She must be reading mainstream media polls . Its a wonder she can't sense the discontent .------ This thread is Archived ------
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