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Emmanuel Macron
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70%
Marine Le Pen
9
10%
"ni-ni"
17
20%
 
Total votes : 86

Postby black mamba » Sat Apr 22, 2017 4:43 pm

better late than never. foreign voting is now under way and here is an article about it

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http://montrealgazette.com/storyline/tension-in-france-as-expat-voting-begins-ahead-of-sundays-election

The French Consulate says more than 57,000 French nationals were registered to vote in the Montreal area, and officials were expecting about 30,000 people to vote, but by midday one official on site estimated that they would surpass that figure.

“We are really eager to participate,” said Dorschner said, adding it was the most important election in the history of the Fifth Republic (France since 1958). “We are confronted with political visions that are totally different. We have real candidates who really want to change things, unfortunately not always in the best ways.”

Dorschner was one of several who said he was motivated to block the extreme right, which has been gaining popularity in the country in recent years.

Marine Le Pen, the head of the anti-immigration Front National, is said to be among the top candidates, according to polls conducted in France.

Dorschner said there is nothing new with Le Pen’s message, as the Front National has existed for decades and has had a similar message throughout its existence.

“I have confidence in my country,” he said. “I think it is impossible that half the country wants to see the Front National in power, but that’s why I think a lot of people are here today, to avoid this catastrophic scenario.”
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Postby black mamba » Sat Apr 22, 2017 4:44 pm

if this topic was already created i will turn this into a thread about some celeb's revenge bod or something
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Postby gallits » Sat Apr 22, 2017 4:48 pm

My girlfriend's sister is a leftist and works in public social care, yet is choosing not to vote in the first round :/
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Postby Lucky » Sat Apr 22, 2017 5:01 pm

a ton better than not voting in the second round i guess
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Postby Egads » Sat Apr 22, 2017 5:07 pm

I think JLM can win if he gets to the second round. I'm hoping enough of the Hamon vote will see that JLM is the left's only hope of getting into the second round. Would be nice to get some of the Poutou support too (even though I'd prefer him to JLM.)
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Postby palmer eldritch » Sat Apr 22, 2017 5:13 pm

this election is wild
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Postby black mamba » Sat Apr 22, 2017 5:20 pm

Early voting has begun in France’s overseas territories for the first round of the country’s most closely-fought presidential race in decades.

This as final preparations are made ahead of Sunday’s main casting of ballots across France, where some 47 million people are eligible to take part.

A blackout on opinion polls and the candidates or their policies came into force at midnight on Friday.



Eleven candidates are in the running in the first round and two of them will go forward to the run-off vote in two weeks’ time.

The threat of terrorism was pushed to the top of the agenda in the final hours of the campaigning after a policeman was shot and killed on the Champs-Elysee.



Officials are promising tight security for the ballot, with tens of thousands of police and other security personnel on duty.

The country has already been under a state of emergency for many months, with soldiers patrolling key public places.





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Postby mustlovedongs » Sat Apr 22, 2017 5:25 pm

vote for mélenchon
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Postby jarsilver » Sat Apr 22, 2017 5:33 pm

I lol'd at this
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Postby gallits » Sat Apr 22, 2017 5:36 pm

Mélenchon has a refreshing debating style for a leftist. Actually gets at his opponents.
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Postby Feech La Manna » Sat Apr 22, 2017 5:48 pm



I mean he's not wrong
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Postby palmer eldritch » Sat Apr 22, 2017 5:50 pm

why he gotta slam my cooking
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Postby Feech La Manna » Sat Apr 22, 2017 5:50 pm

your cooking STOINKS
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Postby saranclaps ultra mode 9000 » Sat Apr 22, 2017 6:22 pm

It's Hamon's time to shine. Every election needs it's Martin O'Malley.
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Postby brent » Sat Apr 22, 2017 6:27 pm

go harmon!
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Postby brent » Sat Apr 22, 2017 6:27 pm

o'malley would of won
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Postby saranclaps ultra mode 9000 » Sat Apr 22, 2017 6:28 pm

IMO Dan Harmon should not be president of France.
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Postby boatwave » Sat Apr 22, 2017 6:29 pm

Jabberwocky wrote:The Fifth Republic was shitty anyways. Onto the sixth!


Yeah and this time the choice of how to found it is more clear cut than ever: start a new communism, continue with regular old liberal democracy, or descend into fascism?
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Postby This Guy » Sat Apr 22, 2017 6:30 pm

Wait, who has the best revenge bod right now?
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Postby gallits » Sat Apr 22, 2017 6:36 pm

I don't think even Hamon himself wants socialists to vote for him.
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Postby black mamba » Sat Apr 22, 2017 7:14 pm

This Guy wrote:Wait, who has the best revenge bod right now?


we'll never know
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Postby hideout » Sat Apr 22, 2017 9:03 pm

cannot wait to see melenchon's beach bod this summer
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Postby wuk » Sat Apr 22, 2017 9:09 pm

trouble wrote:those three dudes in focus are definately part of the Le Pen15 club


le club stylo quinze makes no sense
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Postby cocoon man » Sat Apr 22, 2017 9:12 pm

trouble wrote:those three dudes in focus are definately part of the Le Pen15 club


No reason to use an article twice
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Postby spix et chicho » Sat Apr 22, 2017 9:12 pm

genuinely curious to know how many Quebec French expats are voting Le Pen.
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Postby Giuseppe Castiglione » Sat Apr 22, 2017 9:12 pm

mélenchon v le pen second round smells like a le pen victory to me
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Postby spix et chicho » Sat Apr 22, 2017 9:12 pm

maybe curious isn't the word. Genuinely bloodthirsty to know!
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Postby cocoon man » Sat Apr 22, 2017 9:15 pm

Spix is it true that the French have grammar police in Quebec
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Postby identikit » Sat Apr 22, 2017 9:16 pm

gallits wrote:Mélenchon has a refreshing debating style for a leftist. Actually gets at his opponents.

"for a leftist" sure, but that anger-and-shout style is common for what else he is - a nationalist populist. Yellings about leaving the EU and looking up to Putin, the only thing refreshing about him is that he is a nationalist that counts for the left.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/18/jean-luc-melenchon-germany-putin-french-presidential-race

oh yea what else does he yell about, leaving Nato, the media is evil and so are trade agreements.
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Postby Feech La Manna » Sat Apr 22, 2017 9:16 pm

Giuseppe Castiglione wrote:mélenchon v le pen second round smells like a le pen victory to me


He polls pretty well against Le Pen

Melenchon will have would have won
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