-:Undertaker:-
07-04-2017, 09:14 PM
Radical Left politician Melenchon surging just weeks before first round of French Presidential Election
The top two of the first round - currently Macron and Le Pen - will face off in a run-off election a few weeks later
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From left to right: Fillion, Macron, Melenchon, Le Pen and Hamon
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Usual caveats, one poll does not equal a result etc. But Melenchon *is* gaining.
A background to what he, Melenchon, stands for. Basically a French Jeremy Corbyn.
Mélenchon is an outspoken critic of the European Union (EU), which he claims has been corrupted through neoliberalism. During his 2012 campaign, Mélenchon positioned himself against the trend towards economic globalisation, which he denounced as disproportionately profiting the financial industry and "high income earners" at the expense of the poor. He insisted international organisations such as the EU threatened to "strangle the voice of the people".
He also supports a renegotiation of European treaties.
Mélenchon opposes the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), which he perceives as an affront to France's national sovereignty. He has repeatedly called for France to withdraw from NATO.
Alluding to what Goodwin says above in the tweets, the polling data behind the polling suggests that although Macron is currently in the lead (just) his vote is much less solid than any of the other candidates. He's stalling.
I would delight in a Le Pen vs Melenchon contest as it would dump that Blair clone establishment fake Macron and leave two anti-EU candidates left in the race to be the President of a country which, without, the EU would face disintegration.
This will be the most exciting election this year and it's getting even more interesting.
Thoughts?
The top two of the first round - currently Macron and Le Pen - will face off in a run-off election a few weeks later
https://media.rtl.fr/cache/jUBKqgC7lWLnNnHbvHumwQ/880v587-0/online/image/2017/0320/7787751445_fillon-macron-melenchon-le-pen-et-hamon-lors-du-debat-du-20-mars-sur-tf1.jpg
From left to right: Fillion, Macron, Melenchon, Le Pen and Hamon
850447794498416640
850449346529198081
Usual caveats, one poll does not equal a result etc. But Melenchon *is* gaining.
A background to what he, Melenchon, stands for. Basically a French Jeremy Corbyn.
Mélenchon is an outspoken critic of the European Union (EU), which he claims has been corrupted through neoliberalism. During his 2012 campaign, Mélenchon positioned himself against the trend towards economic globalisation, which he denounced as disproportionately profiting the financial industry and "high income earners" at the expense of the poor. He insisted international organisations such as the EU threatened to "strangle the voice of the people".
He also supports a renegotiation of European treaties.
Mélenchon opposes the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), which he perceives as an affront to France's national sovereignty. He has repeatedly called for France to withdraw from NATO.
Alluding to what Goodwin says above in the tweets, the polling data behind the polling suggests that although Macron is currently in the lead (just) his vote is much less solid than any of the other candidates. He's stalling.
I would delight in a Le Pen vs Melenchon contest as it would dump that Blair clone establishment fake Macron and leave two anti-EU candidates left in the race to be the President of a country which, without, the EU would face disintegration.
This will be the most exciting election this year and it's getting even more interesting.
Thoughts?