LE FRENCH ELECTIÓN L’GOES TO L’RUNAWWWF!!
OK, I didn’t study French, sorry. The first round of the French election went as expected, with no candidate able to defeat Macron or Le Pen for the runoff.
2017 French presidential election results round 1.
Huge disappointment for Front National supporters: #Fillon backs #MacronPresident. pic.twitter.com/GdJ7hGU2wH— Ruthen (@RutheniaRus) April 23, 2017
Republican party guy Francois Fillon has conceded, which is a problem for him:
Francois Fillon admits defeat in the #FrenchElection and calls for voters to back centrist Emmanuel Macronhttps://t.co/bkX5iWoxE9 pic.twitter.com/YZcwjppglj
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 23, 2017
Fillon was charged with corruption, something he could have escaped if he had won the election. Now he has to face the charges!!
#Fillon has lost his immunity and could face some jail time. Calling for his base to vote for #Macron might actually buy him brownie pts. pic.twitter.com/S2bdtV0gtJ
— Stephanie Lamy (@WCM_JustSocial) April 23, 2017
Poor guy.
Some say that Macron will win given that Fillon has tossed his support against Le Pen.
Even if Le Pen doesn’t win the second round, her “populist politics” will still influence policy, says @StCollinson https://t.co/iLyPf5YkqY
— CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) April 23, 2017
Socialist Hamon had a very poor showing.
BREAKING: French Socialist candidate Benoit Hamon concedes defeat in presidential election .
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 23, 2017
Lefty Melanchon only got 17.9%. They’re all out and it’s down to two.
The election will be decided on May 7th between the Trumpy far right anti-NATO, anti-EU Marine Le Pen who apparently wants to nationalize the banks (!?!), and Macron. Yippee!!
UPDATE!
LE PEN SPEAKS!!!
“The enormous challenge of the election is the wild globalization that puts the civilization at risk.”
Le Pen: The "enormous challenge" of the election is the "wild globalization" that puts the "civilization at risk" https://t.co/CucKKdSjRV
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) April 23, 2017