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BREAKING NEWS: Trumpism fails in France, so far: Emmanuel Macron 23% and Marine Le Pen 22%

The race is close.  Marine Le Pen, the Trumpist neofascist got 22% of the vote behind centrist Emmanuel Macron with 23%.  The two will face off in May.  Meanwhile police have fired tear gas on the Place de la Bastille in eastern Paris as crowds of young people, some from anarchist and anti-fascist groups, gathered to protest at Marine Le Pen’s second-place finish and her hardline, anti-immigrant policies. Prime Minister, Bernard Cazeneuve and his Socialist party’s defeated Presidential candidate, Benoît Hamon, are urging the party’s voters to support Emmanuel Macron in the  second and final round, which will be held on May 7.  Given the unity of the anti Trum/LePen vote, Macrom is likely to win.

 


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