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There's no way you can possibly make Le Pen's racist and intolerant ideology pro-European, and that is the point about the whole thing...	europe	French politics	annotator02	Equality	Confident
r/titlegore For a moment I thought you were saying that Macron was far right and endorsed by Trump. Lol	neoliberal	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
If you prefer not to click on Daily Mail sources, then [here is a screenshot of the original article.](https://vgy.me/BnGnQM) I've also autogenerated some potential alternative sources to this story, here (they may not be entirely accurate!): [Video News - CNN.com](http://www.cnn.com/videos) [Francois Hollande-Hassan Rouhani Elysée lunch binned over 'wine ...](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11986862/Francois-Hollande-Hassan-Rouhani-Elysee-lunch-binned-over-wine-row.html) ^^I'm ^^trying ^^to ^^help ^^so ^^please ^^don't ^^ban ^^me, ^^just ^^downvote ^^me. ^^I ^^auto-delete ^^my ^^comments ^^with ^^a ^^score ^^of ^^-1 ^^or ^^less. ^^I ^^am ^^a ^^bot ^^based ^^on [^^this ^^code](https://github.com/bag-man/dm_bot).	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
You don't have to cause the election result to change. The point is to just discredit Macron, so he can't govern as effectively.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
I think that it wasn't successful under Hollande because of how it was presented. I think that there are better ways to present it.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Le Pen is far from being an anti Semite. In fact, many French Jews support her due to her stance on rampant Muslim violence in France.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Care,Authority	Somewhat Confident
Thanks, but I'm French too. And I think that you underestimate the anger against the PS and disbelief against Macron. Time will tell I suppose.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
I mean who thought he'd not vote for him? Even Fillon will.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
> It's no more offensive I think people are more likely to be amused than offended. We expect Russia to be anti-Macron.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
When you want to form a coallition to reach some goal you make concessions to the side you want to support you. Where are Macron's concessions to the Melenchon votes he thinks he's entitled to, to the point of claiming that by virtue of not voting for him they are somehow voting for Le Pen? Some reassurances that his government will protect at least some basic set of worker right's and guarantees, even if it will not undo the damage he caused with the infamous Macron law?	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
But certainly not what he claimed to stand for. Hollande made promises that he either couldn't or didn't intend to keep, to the workers and the unions especially.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Equality	Confident
> No he doesn't, his planned reforms were designed to fail. He just needed an excuse for a Frexit (the neoliberal EU elites don't like my leftwing plans) because he doesn't want to be seen as a nationalist or an FN copy. I'm sorry to disturb you but where is the evidence and what does Melenchon plan to gain by this? Your entire speculation hinges on the idea that he's some kind of evil mastermind.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Thin Morality	Confident
Populism is a kind of politics where you are against the 'elite' and say they are corrupting the system. Macron is not a populist.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Sharia law wants to rip your freedom away, not Le Pen.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Authority	Confident
> What I'm interested in is how this is supposed to help fight Le Pen. It's not, it's just the European Parliament letting the French police do their fucking jobs enforcing the law. This is not going to stop her presidential campaign, she will get a small fine at most. Of course presidential candidates will be under more scrutiny in most civilized countries. People have to stop making everything into a conspiracy theory.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
So... his opposition ? Or you mean Hamon and Valls ?	neoliberal	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Alt right blogs and retard couldnt find anything so they made shit up. According to them Macron has been buying meth for bitcoins and also buying hallucinogenic salt baths. Nope, not kidding. Pizzagate looks good compared to this.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Another factor is that many leaders of Hamon's PS support Macron, instead of their own party's candidate, greatly weakening Hamon's candidacy.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
It doesn't mean they'll vote for her. It's pessimism, i.e. "he played the good boy role, she played the anti-system, no bullshit, close to the people role, she did better to convince new voters" because those voters hate what Macron represents, so they only see worth in the other posture.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
The polls put Trump and Brexit essentially both down by around 1.5% (Trump was down a little more, but everyone knew that him losing the popular vote by <1% would almost certainly result in a Trump win) Le Pen's like 30% behind. She's somewhere around where Gary Johnson was st this point.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Wut? Le Pen is about as socially liberal as Goebels.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Ah, homophobia. Much like how Russia is currently undergoing a resurgence in homophobia. How odd that Le Pen's and Putin's politics line up so much.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Equality	Confident
We only parrot the highest quality memes here. DAE Macron!? BI-HEMISPHERIC	neoliberal	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Congratulations to Marine Le Pen on managing to come in third in a race with two contestants.	neoliberal	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
So if you needed proof the Donald are soulless disphits, they are claiming that the french MP who died earlier from a heart attack was assasinated by Macron. (For what? No one knows, she was one of his best surrogate.)	neoliberal	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
"Bro! I came out with a very cool idea for the NATO summit bro!" "So at the summit where every leaders of the NATO members gather, we are going to get Macron to hug Trump in front of the world bro. But then, SWERVE! He hugs Merkel instead, setting up a Merkel on a Pole Match between Trump and Macron at the upcoming United Nations Conference bro!" "Imagine the TV Ratings bro, especially with Merkel wearing nothing but Bras and Panties in that match bro!"	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
I'm with you on this. I would have voted Hamon against Fillon.	neoliberal	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
> JLM is adamant about taking down the Socialist Labor law ("El Khomry law"), which could be hard to accept for Hamon. This is incorrect. Hamon program is very clear : he said he will repeal el khomri law. Melenchon has been saying that he doesn't see how Hamon want to govern by undoing what Valls and el Khomri did while at the same time,Valls and el khomri will be sieging in the parliament in his own majority.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Of course, because Nicole is the only one "talking shit" about women in this thread. I mean, when regular people (men) make comments about the people in the picture (especially Macron's wife) it is just funny or the truth, but because you can identify her gender she of course represents the viciousness of the female gender. That's the way it goes.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Equality	Confident
One of the argument used against Mélenchon during this Campaign was that he endorsed Hollande in 2012, Macron is even more liberal than Hollande, it would make sense if Mélenchon doesnt endorse any of them because he disagrees with both and his voters will probably go to both or abstain from voting.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Are you disagreeing with his statement? Because it's painfully obvious. You'd think someone like Marine Le Pen in France would be applauded by the left. A strong, independent woman trying to lead, and yet she's constantly attacked. She's the pinnacle of true feminist ideals and yet is hated because of her anti-globalist stance.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Loyalty,Equality	Confident
Yeah, but even there they are extremely mild. They claim they would prefer a "more social EU" and that that's why so many want to leave the EU, but they would never push for a "Spexit". Melenchon is a lot more anti EU for example	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
> But it doesn't go against your "moral compass" to enlist yourself for some juicy hate trolling against the French Resistance, Only the Stalinists. > people who fought Nazis, to defend your neo-Nazi haggard of choice, Le Pen, now does it? I want Le Pen dead.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
I think the people who protested for Fillon are wary of the judicial system maybe. Trials to top rank politicians have been going on for quite some time in the past decade. Sarkozy's dealings in Bettencourt scandal and his backstabbing with Dominique de Villepin must have taken a toll. I am not up to date with these events. Has anyone benn convicted for it? Also remember that Chirac was found guilty but he used presidential immunity.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Someone needs to write a novel where Macron becoming President is only a substep to becoming Co-Prince of Andorra, which is itself only one stage in a larger scheme aimed at saving humanity from ^mumblemumble.	neoliberal	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
[Macron and prime minister Phillippe both have a 64% approval rating.](http://www.lcp.fr/afp/sondage-64-des-francais-satisfaits-demmanuel-macron-et-dedouard-philippe) The best approval rating folks	neoliberal	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Valls isn't Russia friendly and as far as I know Hollande is in favor of upholding sanctions. Also historically Russia wasn't always on this aggressive annexation course like it is now with Putin.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
in europe liberals are either irrelevant centrists (that we here would love), or conservatives who listen to experts in economics. merkel's party is called "christian-democratic party". it is conservative. she could be called to have liberal plans though right? now stretch that and couple it with some socialist mental gymnastics and you have a liberal le pen. edit. and of course the tories are a better example.	neoliberal	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
No, Norbert Hoffer got 46.2% in the Austrian Election last year. But for France this is the highest. People went absolutely crazy when le pen senior got 18% in 2002. Now that number would be seen as a massive failure . People think that because wilders didn't do as well as expected that liberalism has won in some triumphent war, except the far right has been growing steadily and there is no reason why it can't grow further.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Not sure if anybody touched on this, but it's the same thing as foreign diplomats having immunity in a country, so they can't be arrested for political bs, le pen violated the laws of her own country and is the only MEP to use her immunity to protect herself from the laws of her home country, thus the revocation of that immunity.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Not sure if Macron will be willing to bet his hard earned popularity on such a lost cause.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Hollande definitely isn't what many would call a "leftist". At best, he pushed through mild reforms that made it easier for workers to move between jobs. At worst, he failed to improve the unemployment rate, sparked massive protests pushing through unpopular pension reform, and conceded ground to businesses which wanted the ability to fire workers more easily. I don't know about his politics in principle, but in practice he just did what he could to protect the status quo despite the growing necessity for political and economic change.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Proportionality,Equality	Confident
> enforce protectionism, increase tariffs and restrict free trade These are usually far right policies, actually. Le Pen wants to cut taxes and slash state spending. The retirement age and banking points are accurate (or close to it) though. You should try reading some real newspapers rather than taking your political tutelage from reddit.	neoliberal	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Yes we can and that's not what is questioned here. He is pointing out that Hollande made his work easier by actually going out of his way to do things he was not necessarily required to do to help them do their job even if it could have been damaging for him.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Going through our local new sites and social media I'm horrified about the state of our (Czech) society. The amount of blatant and open racism and bigotry in the comments and posts cheering for Le Pen is incredible. The Americans are not alone in this insanity.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Equality	Confident
Might be a spike from the debate, but having both Macron/Melenchon at the 2nd round might actually benefit their promises. Some policies will vary in response to the opposition at the hand, and they have more permeability between them than other combinations. If you're a Melenchon supporter, what would you "steal" from Macron? And if you're a Macron supporter, what would you "steal" from Melenchon?	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Yeah that was unclear. I just meant someone who was good at more than just policy. Like Macron for example.	neoliberal	French politics	annotator02	Thin Morality	Somewhat Confident
Canada would be best but they'd never give money to a traitor like Le Pen.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Loyalty	Confident
Well when you make moronic statements that aren't worth arguing against, what do you expect? Just because Macron doesn't want to declare an all out war on Islam doesn't mean he's an '''''SJW''''' or that he thinks everyone who hates Islamic terrorism is racist. If you genuinely want to put across a political point that will be taken seriously, don't say stupid shit.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
I mean, that depends, they can't put Macron left because he's calling for labour market reform, public sector cuts etc.	neoliberal	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
> Marine Le Pen refuses to accept the accusation. She literally followed the law as she was under immunity. She will continue to follow the law as she isn't under immunity. Simple.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
People who ask to vote for Le Pen consider democracy has a given fact, or are fascists. Cant see other option. If we lose democracy nowdays it maybe irreversional with all the control mechanisms that exist today. We are on the verge of colapsing, please dont listen to the religioso and military fanactics aka American republicans, vote for EU and demand a better imigrant control within democracy.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Equality	Confident
EM Macron LR centre right, Fillion? FN fucking fascists FI Melenchon? PS Socialists Is that right? If it's true I can start to worry about why the fuck do I know all these things which are considerably irrelevant to me.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
I believe he was referring to [this](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-johnson-india-idUSKBN1521GJ?il=0) > "If Monsieur Hollande wants to administer punishment beatings that anyone chooses to escape, rather in the manner of some World War Two movie, then I don't think that's the way forward." Not Hitler, but very [Boris](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/boris-johnson-dismisses-wwii-punishment-threat-francois-hollande-111200233.html)	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
As usual, the foreign press is more obsessed with Marine Le Pen than anyone else. --- Jean-Luc Mélenchon now appears as the third candidate in some polls far beyond his colleague Benoît Hamon, the only other credible leftist candidate. Note that one voter out of three still does not now who to vote for, if they even intend to vote at all. I foresee a bloodshed as only twelve days remain.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
>Keep in mind that if Macron does a big score, he will be more legitimate to apply his program, that is destroying the french social system. Then show that in the parliamentary election. The presidential one is not the one to make that stand in.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Have you visited r/the_donald recently? It's filled with almost nothing but pro Le Pen posts. They should consider renaming the subreddit at this point.	neoliberal	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
The white dude is not Muslim, check his profile on Facebook. He's anti Islam. He likes Marine Le Pen, Donald Trump, and Israeli Defense Forces.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
We must not forget: if Macron wins, he must deliver. I am certain he can muster broad support in the legislature, but he needs to achieve this. I will annoy my government's representatives to work with Macron as much as possible, also on affairs not as easy as defense, in particular Eurozone integration and reform. We shall not let France fall this, or the next election!	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
I'm inclined to believe that le pen would be bad on the aggregate but you still have to relate to your people	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Thin Morality	Confident
My defence against terrorism is the same as Le Pen's. I don't have one.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
If Le Pen wins the left will go full commie on a global scale. Better now than in a few decades when they have an even larger percentage of the population brainwashed.	Conservative	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
The right-wing and centre-left candidates endorsed Macron. The far-left candidates have stayed silent.	neoliberal	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
and it seems they are already falling apart. trump, brexit isn't exactly going well. only way to tell if is Le Pen wins in France, then it's back on track.	geopolitics	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Sounds like a good summary :) A lot of him see him as a symbol of Neoliberal Globalisation and Uberisation, and of smirky born-rich kids, and so really don't like him. I wouldn't call him Obama-tier popular, he does derive a significant number of votes from people who mostly hate Le Pen more.	neoliberal	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
I agree that it's too many terror attacks. I don't believe Le Pen would have fixed that - her rhetoric could very well radicalize even more Muslims. Just because Macron won doesn't mean that terrorism is going to get even worse, or that his leadership will pave the way for Sharia law.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Somewhat Confident
Melenchon has collasped, that was expected for FN, you can't expect people to go voting when their votes won't matter.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Jean Marie Le Pen was explicitly racist, homophobic and anti-semitic. Comparing apples to oranges, she expelled her father to gain more credibility.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Equality	Confident
Not at all. Uncertain people are not voting for her, but rather Macron and other "milder" candidates. Her base is very fervent and that's what makes the difference for her in a low turnout.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
> The state, government and law are all one organization So you are saying that Fillon being placed under formal investigation is not something normal ? That the judges doing it are part of a conspiracy ? That's some serious accusations. > Otherwise, En Marche would have a majority of the legislature. You can't have won an election if the election hasn't happened yet.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
French People give their decision in favor of Marcon as he gets victory over Marine Le Pen. French people chose moderate person Marcon over Le Pen who is Trump like personality. EU also feel happy over the victory of Marcon who believes in the unity of EU.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Loyalty	Confident
So, really, Macron's quote was actually: "We should run France like /u/mugrimm's narrow understanding of what constitutes a startup." I don't speak fluent French, so I must have misunderstood.	neoliberal	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Before the whole Penelope thing Macron was kinda an underdog. He was polling in third or 4th until then	neoliberal	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
There is no silent majority. It was expected that Macron would destroy in a landslide, and he has.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
16% voted FOR Macron 43% voted Against Le Pen Source France 2 I vote for le Pen but i wish him good luck 43% of the ppl who voted for him didnt like him. 25% of ppl who didnt vote dont like him. 34% of ppl who voted for Le Pen dont like him. + cant count ppl who voted "blanc".	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
> Pays off Fla AG to drop investigation of Trump U. > Favorable business deals happen in several countries the week after he is inagurated. > Appoints family members to positions of power. Hurr durr, Hillary and Macron da corrupt ones, Trump is just gud businessman.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Proportionality,Loyalty,Equality	Somewhat Confident
Le Pen isn't really a conservative and France still has PTSD about hitler and WWII.	Conservative	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
> Current inputs are pointing to a Macron victory in the second round — 52.3 percent to 47.7 for Le Pen That is Brexit close, so much for the "Le Pen will easily lose the 2nd round vote" mentality.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
"lists among its “likes” the far right French nationalist Marine Le Pen, Islam critics Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, the Israeli Defense Forces, and Donald J. Trump (he also “likes” the liberal Canadian Party NDP along with more neutral “likes” such as Tom Hanks, the Sopranos and Katy Perry)." "Katy Perry"...I fucking knew it.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
No country has totally "free speech" by that definition. In the US if you made a threat against a public official, you'd be arrested and likely charged with conspiracy/terroristic threatening/etc. There are reasonable restrictions on free speech, and I happen to think that encouraging people to harm others is a form of speech we shouldn't allow. Now, whether Le Pen's Tweet actually did that is a matter for the courts, and is where context is important.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Yes. This is literally what happened. If Macron won or lost, the interference objectively happened.	neoliberal	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Cause its the only way to get reform from the EU. How often has a leader like Macron promised reform and gotten nothing? The EU only listen if you threaten their existence it seems.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
And you are confident that Le Pen, whose not-so-secret Russian oligarchy connections or Trump whose open disregard for ethics in politics, his obvious connections to profiteering from political decisions etc are not the same thing? Those will make <insert-your-country-here> great again? If you genuinely believe that the previous govt was selling you out, while the one you want to replace it with won't, then you're being blind to the same indications, red flags and signs that you employ to discredit the establishment.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Proportionality,Loyalty	Confident
so we could blame macron winning france on misogany right? because all of us trumpers were rooting for le pen. you know, a woman that could actually change things	neoliberal	French politics	annotator02	Equality	Confident
Why are American conservative even in favor of Le Pen she is not a conservative. She advocates for tougher immigration laws and that's about it. She supports abortion. She recently promised more government to the attendees of a meeting (as in more welfare) Economically she's a full blown socialist, she despises the free market. She'd be a US politician y'all would be bashing her all day long.	Conservative	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
I was surprised by the 25% of Macron, seing how /r/france tried to bash him. I guess the silent majority of the sub is more pro-Macron than I thought.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
>this is why macron won I love memes that are turned around.	neoliberal	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
It's not just for Germany. There are relocation quotas, which are why Macron vs Orban are in headlock.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
I have no idea how french elections work or what legal shananigans this may or may not be. But I am absolutely certain that Le Pen, and her party, will do extremely well during this election of theirs. I base this on the fact that no non-french person on this board knows any other candidate. Hate to say it, but if it comes down to Hitler and that-other-guy-whats-his-name, it'll go Hitler. Not calling Le Pen hitler btw, just... ya know... talking internet talk.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Macron has a strong grip. Trump's is that of a low energy old man. Sad!	neoliberal	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
They're still posting frog memes over there. One of them is even a frog that looks like Marine Le Pen. Do they still not get it? Frog is an insult.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
I think not even elector college could save Le Pen here.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Dutchman here. You're getting closer but are not exactly there yet. There are 2 provinces in the Netherlands with Holland in the the name, Noord-Holland and Zuid-Holland (North and South respectively). [Pretty insightful video on the situation] (https://youtu.be/eE_IUPInEuc) Edit: also, in regards to being named Hollanders I don't think most people really mind. I don't think I've really met anyone who's been annoyed by it, and I was born and raised in a southern province. Heck, we all shout "Holland!" when our national soccer team is playing.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Nope, just actual Nazis like Macron. He's a nationalist socialist. Maybe you don't know what a Nazi is. You should learn history.	neoliberal	French politics	annotator02	Equality	Not Confident
I'm an American who's only been keeping up with these cases in passing, so you would have to ask a frenchman for a more accurate answer. The main fear that Fillon and Le Pen would have right now is how this will affect their chances in the election. Le Pen is already looking in bad shape for the run off, and as part of the opposition Fillon could potentially overtake her. If they got charged they may be forced to drop from the race and lose political influence.	worldnews	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
The whole anti-EU movement started with the financial crisis, but really amped up with the migrant crisis and social media propaganda and shitposting which amplified it. Macron realizes this I think, and if he can cobble together a European strategy to reinforce the external borders and take other measures to reduce migration, then the whole nationalist extremist movement can be effectively deflated to its pre-2015 levels. Then its a matter of dealing with the financial issues which can possibly be solved with a common budget, tax harmonization and fiscal transfers, if some proper mechanisms and rules are developed.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Keep in mind that half of those 65% won't vote for his congresspeople. But Le pen will not be president so I'm happy!	neoliberal	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
I'm not sure if you're serious but nothing like that is written in the Spiegel. There are 13 sites dedicated to Macron. About 8 of them are an analysis of his persona, the reasons he won and his party. Then there are 3 sites on the future relationship with Germany citing both hopes that he's just what Europe needs but also caution if he's actually going to deliver. Then you have an interview with Schäuble praising Macron. So where's the crusade you talk about?	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
That's not a new trend at all. These guys started to go towards Marine Le Pen since she took the reins of the FN.	europe	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident
Macron is a child. That's why he married his mommy.	Conservative	French politics	annotator02	Non-Moral	Confident

There's no way you can possibly make Le Pen's racist and intolerant ideology pro-European, and that is the point about the whole thing...

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r/titlegore For a moment I thought you were saying that Macron was far right and endorsed by Trump. Lol

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If you prefer not to click on Daily Mail sources, then [here is a screenshot of the original article.](https://vgy.me/BnGnQM) I've also autogenerated some potential alternative sources to this story, here (they may not be entirely accurate!): [Video News - CNN.com](http://www.cnn.com/videos) [Francois Hollande-Hassan Rouhani Elysée lunch binned over 'wine ...](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11986862/Francois-Hollande-Hassan-Rouhani-Elysee-lunch-binned-over-wine-row.html) ^^I'm ^^trying ^^to ^^help ^^so ^^please ^^don't ^^ban ^^me, ^^just ^^downvote ^^me. ^^I ^^auto-delete ^^my ^^comments ^^with ^^a ^^score ^^of ^^-1 ^^or ^^less. ^^I ^^am ^^a ^^bot ^^based ^^on [^^this ^^code](https://github.com/bag-man/dm_bot).

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You don't have to cause the election result to change. The point is to just discredit Macron, so he can't govern as effectively.

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I think that it wasn't successful under Hollande because of how it was presented. I think that there are better ways to present it.

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Le Pen is far from being an anti Semite. In fact, many French Jews support her due to her stance on rampant Muslim violence in France.

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Care,Authority

Somewhat Confident

Thanks, but I'm French too. And I think that you underestimate the anger against the PS and disbelief against Macron. Time will tell I suppose.

europe

French politics

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Non-Moral

Confident

I mean who thought he'd *not* vote for him? Even Fillon will.

europe

French politics

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Non-Moral

Confident

> It's no more offensive I think people are more likely to be amused than offended. We expect Russia to be anti-Macron.

europe

French politics

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Non-Moral

Confident

When you want to form a coallition to reach some goal you make concessions to the side you want to support you. Where are Macron's concessions to the Melenchon votes he thinks he's entitled to, to the point of claiming that by virtue of not voting for him they are somehow voting for Le Pen? Some reassurances that his government will protect at least some basic set of worker right's and guarantees, even if it will not undo the damage he caused with the infamous Macron law?

europe

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

But certainly not what he claimed to stand for. Hollande made promises that he either couldn't or didn't intend to keep, to the workers and the unions especially.

europe

French politics

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Equality

Confident

> No he doesn't, his planned reforms were designed to fail. He just needed an excuse for a Frexit (the neoliberal EU elites don't like my leftwing plans) because he doesn't want to be seen as a nationalist or an FN copy. I'm sorry to disturb you but where is the evidence and what does Melenchon plan to gain by this? Your entire speculation hinges on the idea that he's some kind of evil mastermind.

europe

French politics

annotator02

Thin Morality

Confident

Populism is a kind of politics where you are against the 'elite' and say they are corrupting the system. Macron is not a populist.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

Sharia law wants to rip your freedom away, not Le Pen.

worldnews

French politics

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Authority

Confident

> What I'm interested in is how this is supposed to help fight Le Pen. It's not, it's just the European Parliament letting the French police do their fucking jobs enforcing the law. This is not going to stop her presidential campaign, she will get a small fine at most. Of course presidential candidates will be under more scrutiny in most civilized countries. People have to stop making everything into a conspiracy theory.

europe

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

So... his opposition ? Or you mean Hamon and Valls ?

neoliberal

French politics

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Non-Moral

Confident

Alt right blogs and retard couldnt find anything so they made shit up. According to them Macron has been buying meth for bitcoins and also buying hallucinogenic salt baths. Nope, not kidding. Pizzagate looks good compared to this.

europe

French politics

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Non-Moral

Confident

Another factor is that many leaders of Hamon's PS support Macron, instead of their own party's candidate, greatly weakening Hamon's candidacy.

europe

French politics

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Non-Moral

Confident

It doesn't mean they'll vote for her. It's pessimism, i.e. "he played the good boy role, she played the anti-system, no bullshit, close to the people role, she did better to convince new voters" because those voters hate what Macron represents, so they only see worth in the other posture.

europe

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

The polls put Trump and Brexit essentially both down by around 1.5% (Trump was down a little more, but everyone knew that him losing the popular vote by <1% would almost certainly result in a Trump win) Le Pen's like 30% behind. She's somewhere around where Gary Johnson was st this point.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

Wut? Le Pen is about as socially liberal as Goebels.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

Ah, homophobia. Much like how Russia is currently undergoing a resurgence in homophobia. How odd that Le Pen's and Putin's politics line up so much.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Equality

Confident

We only parrot the highest quality memes here. DAE Macron!? BI-HEMISPHERIC

neoliberal

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

Congratulations to Marine Le Pen on managing to come in third in a race with two contestants.

neoliberal

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

So if you needed proof the Donald are soulless disphits, they are claiming that the french MP who died earlier from a heart attack was assasinated by Macron. (For what? No one knows, she was one of his best surrogate.)

neoliberal

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

"Bro! I came out with a very cool idea for the NATO summit bro!" "So at the summit where every leaders of the NATO members gather, we are going to get Macron to hug Trump in front of the world bro. But then, SWERVE! He hugs Merkel instead, setting up a Merkel on a Pole Match between Trump and Macron at the upcoming United Nations Conference bro!" "Imagine the TV Ratings bro, especially with Merkel wearing nothing but Bras and Panties in that match bro!"

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

I'm with you on this. I would have voted Hamon against Fillon.

neoliberal

French politics

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Non-Moral

Confident

> JLM is adamant about taking down the Socialist Labor law ("El Khomry law"), which could be hard to accept for Hamon. This is incorrect. Hamon program is very clear : he said he will repeal el khomri law. Melenchon has been saying that he doesn't see how Hamon want to govern by undoing what Valls and el Khomri did while at the same time,Valls and el khomri will be sieging in the parliament in his own majority.

europe

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

Of course, because Nicole is the only one "talking shit" about women in this thread. I mean, when regular people (men) make comments about the people in the picture (especially Macron's wife) it is just funny or the truth, but because you can identify her gender she of course represents the viciousness of the female gender. That's the way it goes.

europe

French politics

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Equality

Confident

One of the argument used against Mélenchon during this Campaign was that he endorsed Hollande in 2012, Macron is even more liberal than Hollande, it would make sense if Mélenchon doesnt endorse any of them because he disagrees with both and his voters will probably go to both or abstain from voting.

europe

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

Are you disagreeing with his statement? Because it's painfully obvious. You'd think someone like Marine Le Pen in France would be applauded by the left. A strong, independent woman trying to lead, and yet she's constantly attacked. She's the pinnacle of true feminist ideals and yet is hated because of her anti-globalist stance.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Loyalty,Equality

Confident

Yeah, but even there they are extremely mild. They claim they would prefer a "more social EU" and that that's why so many want to leave the EU, but they would never push for a "Spexit". Melenchon is a lot more anti EU for example

europe

French politics

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Non-Moral

Confident

> But it doesn't go against your "moral compass" to enlist yourself for some juicy hate trolling against the French Resistance, Only the Stalinists. > people who fought Nazis, to defend your neo-Nazi haggard of choice, Le Pen, now does it? I want Le Pen dead.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

I think the people who protested for Fillon are wary of the judicial system maybe. Trials to top rank politicians have been going on for quite some time in the past decade. Sarkozy's dealings in Bettencourt scandal and his backstabbing with Dominique de Villepin must have taken a toll. I am not up to date with these events. Has anyone benn convicted for it? Also remember that Chirac was found guilty but he used presidential immunity.

europe

French politics

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Non-Moral

Confident

Someone needs to write a novel where Macron becoming President is only a substep to becoming Co-Prince of Andorra, which is itself only one stage in a larger scheme aimed at saving humanity from ^mumblemumble.

neoliberal

French politics

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Non-Moral

Confident

[Macron and prime minister Phillippe both have a 64% approval rating.](http://www.lcp.fr/afp/sondage-64-des-francais-satisfaits-demmanuel-macron-et-dedouard-philippe) The best approval rating folks

neoliberal

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

Valls isn't Russia friendly and as far as I know Hollande is in favor of upholding sanctions. Also historically Russia wasn't always on this aggressive annexation course like it is now with Putin.

europe

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

in europe liberals are either irrelevant centrists (that we here would love), or conservatives who listen to experts in economics. merkel's party is called "christian-democratic party". it is conservative. she could be called to have liberal plans though right? now stretch that and couple it with some socialist mental gymnastics and you have a liberal le pen. edit. and of course the tories are a better example.

neoliberal

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

No, Norbert Hoffer got 46.2% in the Austrian Election last year. But for France this is the highest. People went absolutely crazy when le pen senior got 18% in 2002. Now that number would be seen as a massive failure . People think that because wilders didn't do as well as expected that liberalism has won in some triumphent war, except the far right has been growing steadily and there is no reason why it can't grow further.

europe

French politics

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Non-Moral

Confident

Not sure if anybody touched on this, but it's the same thing as foreign diplomats having immunity in a country, so they can't be arrested for political bs, le pen violated the laws of her own country and is the only MEP to use her immunity to protect herself from the laws of her home country, thus the revocation of that immunity.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

Not sure if Macron will be willing to bet his hard earned popularity on such a lost cause.

europe

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

Hollande definitely isn't what many would call a "leftist". At best, he pushed through mild reforms that made it easier for workers to move between jobs. At worst, he failed to improve the unemployment rate, sparked massive protests pushing through unpopular pension reform, and conceded ground to businesses which wanted the ability to fire workers more easily. I don't know about his politics in principle, but in practice he just did what he could to protect the status quo despite the growing necessity for political and economic change.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Proportionality,Equality

Confident

> enforce protectionism, increase tariffs and restrict free trade These are usually far right policies, actually. Le Pen wants to cut taxes and slash state spending. The retirement age and banking points are accurate (or close to it) though. You should try reading some real newspapers rather than taking your political tutelage from reddit.

neoliberal

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

Yes we can and that's not what is questioned here. He is pointing out that Hollande made his work easier by actually going out of his way to do things he was not necessarily required to do to help them do their job even if it could have been damaging for him.

europe

French politics

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Non-Moral

Confident

Going through our local new sites and social media I'm horrified about the state of our (Czech) society. The amount of blatant and open racism and bigotry in the comments and posts cheering for Le Pen is incredible. The Americans are not alone in this insanity.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Equality

Confident

Might be a spike from the debate, but having both Macron/Melenchon at the 2nd round might actually benefit their promises. Some policies will vary in response to the opposition at the hand, and they have more permeability between them than other combinations. If you're a Melenchon supporter, what would you "steal" from Macron? And if you're a Macron supporter, what would you "steal" from Melenchon?

europe

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

Yeah that was unclear. I just meant someone who was good at more than just policy. Like Macron for example.

neoliberal

French politics

annotator02

Thin Morality

Somewhat Confident

Canada would be best but they'd never give money to a traitor like Le Pen.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Loyalty

Confident

Well when you make moronic statements that aren't worth arguing against, what do you expect? Just because Macron doesn't want to declare an all out war on Islam doesn't mean he's an '''''SJW''''' or that he thinks everyone who hates Islamic terrorism is racist. If you genuinely want to put across a political point that will be taken seriously, don't say stupid shit.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

I mean, that depends, they can't put Macron left because he's calling for labour market reform, public sector cuts etc.

neoliberal

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

> Marine Le Pen refuses to accept the accusation. She literally followed the law as she was under immunity. She will continue to follow the law as she isn't under immunity. Simple.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

People who ask to vote for Le Pen consider democracy has a given fact, or are fascists. Cant see other option. If we lose democracy nowdays it maybe irreversional with all the control mechanisms that exist today. We are on the verge of colapsing, please dont listen to the religioso and military fanactics aka American republicans, vote for EU and demand a better imigrant control within democracy.

europe

French politics

annotator02

Equality

Confident

EM Macron LR centre right, Fillion? FN fucking fascists FI Melenchon? PS Socialists Is that right? If it's true I can start to worry about why the fuck do I know all these things which are considerably irrelevant to me.

europe

French politics

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Non-Moral

Confident

I believe he was referring to [this](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-johnson-india-idUSKBN1521GJ?il=0) > "If Monsieur Hollande wants to administer punishment beatings that anyone chooses to escape, rather in the manner of some World War Two movie, then I don't think that's the way forward." Not Hitler, but very [Boris](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/boris-johnson-dismisses-wwii-punishment-threat-francois-hollande-111200233.html)

europe

French politics

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Non-Moral

Confident

As usual, the foreign press is more obsessed with Marine Le Pen than anyone else. --- Jean-Luc Mélenchon now appears as the third candidate in some polls far beyond his colleague Benoît Hamon, the only other credible leftist candidate. Note that one voter out of three still does not now who to vote for, if they even intend to vote at all. I foresee a bloodshed as only twelve days remain.

europe

French politics

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Non-Moral

Confident

>Keep in mind that if Macron does a big score, he will be more legitimate to apply his program, that is destroying the french social system. Then show that in the parliamentary election. The presidential one is not the one to make that stand in.

europe

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

Have you visited r/the_donald recently? It's filled with almost nothing but pro Le Pen posts. They should consider renaming the subreddit at this point.

neoliberal

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

The white dude is not Muslim, check his profile on Facebook. He's anti Islam. He likes Marine Le Pen, Donald Trump, and Israeli Defense Forces.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

We must not forget: if Macron wins, he *must* deliver. I am certain he can muster broad support in the legislature, but he needs to achieve this. I will annoy my government's representatives to work with Macron as much as possible, also on affairs not as easy as defense, in particular Eurozone integration and reform. We shall not let France fall this, or the next election!

europe

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

I'm inclined to believe that le pen would be bad on the aggregate but you still have to relate to your people

worldnews

French politics

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Thin Morality

Confident

My defence against terrorism is the same as Le Pen's. I don't have one.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

If Le Pen wins the left will go full commie on a global scale. Better now than in a few decades when they have an even larger percentage of the population brainwashed.

Conservative

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

The right-wing and centre-left candidates endorsed Macron. The far-left candidates have stayed silent.

neoliberal

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

and it seems they are already falling apart. trump, brexit isn't exactly going well. only way to tell if is Le Pen wins in France, then it's back on track.

geopolitics

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

Sounds like a good summary :) A lot of him see him as a symbol of Neoliberal Globalisation and Uberisation, and of smirky born-rich kids, and so really don't like him. I wouldn't call him Obama-tier popular, he does derive a significant number of votes from people who mostly hate Le Pen more.

neoliberal

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

I agree that it's too many terror attacks. I don't believe Le Pen would have fixed that - her rhetoric could very well radicalize even more Muslims. Just because Macron won doesn't mean that terrorism is going to get even worse, or that his leadership will pave the way for Sharia law.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Somewhat Confident

Melenchon has collasped, that was expected for FN, you can't expect people to go voting when their votes won't matter.

europe

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

Jean Marie Le Pen was explicitly racist, homophobic and anti-semitic. Comparing apples to oranges, she expelled her father to gain more credibility.

europe

French politics

annotator02

Equality

Confident

Not at all. Uncertain people are not voting for her, but rather Macron and other "milder" candidates. Her base is very fervent and that's what makes the difference for her in a low turnout.

europe

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

> The state, government and law are all one organization So you are saying that Fillon being placed under formal investigation is not something normal ? That the judges doing it are part of a conspiracy ? That's some serious accusations. > Otherwise, En Marche would have a majority of the legislature. You can't have won an election if the election hasn't happened yet.

europe

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

French People give their decision in favor of Marcon as he gets victory over Marine Le Pen. French people chose moderate person Marcon over Le Pen who is Trump like personality. EU also feel happy over the victory of Marcon who believes in the unity of EU.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Loyalty

Confident

So, really, Macron's quote was *actually*: "We should run France like /u/mugrimm's narrow understanding of what constitutes a startup." I don't speak fluent French, so I must have misunderstood.

neoliberal

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

Before the whole Penelope thing Macron was kinda an underdog. He was polling in third or 4th until then

neoliberal

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

There is no silent majority. It was expected that Macron would destroy in a landslide, and he has.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

16% voted FOR Macron 43% voted Against Le Pen Source France 2 I vote for le Pen but i wish him good luck 43% of the ppl who voted for him didnt like him. 25% of ppl who didnt vote dont like him. 34% of ppl who voted for Le Pen dont like him. + cant count ppl who voted "blanc".

worldnews

French politics

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Non-Moral

Confident

> Pays off Fla AG to drop investigation of Trump U. > Favorable business deals happen in several countries the week after he is inagurated. > Appoints family members to positions of power. Hurr durr, Hillary and Macron da corrupt ones, Trump is just gud businessman.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Proportionality,Loyalty,Equality

Somewhat Confident

Le Pen isn't really a conservative and France still has PTSD about hitler and WWII.

Conservative

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

> Current inputs are pointing to a Macron victory in the second round — 52.3 percent to 47.7 for Le Pen That is Brexit close, so much for the "Le Pen will easily lose the 2nd round vote" mentality.

europe

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

"lists among its “likes” the far right French nationalist Marine Le Pen, Islam critics Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, the Israeli Defense Forces, and Donald J. Trump (he also “likes” the liberal Canadian Party NDP along with more neutral “likes” such as Tom Hanks, the Sopranos and Katy Perry)." "Katy Perry"...I fucking knew it.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

No country has totally "free speech" by that definition. In the US if you made a threat against a public official, you'd be arrested and likely charged with conspiracy/terroristic threatening/etc. There are reasonable restrictions on free speech, and I happen to think that encouraging people to harm others is a form of speech we shouldn't allow. Now, whether Le Pen's Tweet actually did that is a matter for the courts, and is where context is important.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

Yes. This is literally what happened. If Macron won or lost, the interference objectively happened.

neoliberal

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

Cause its the only way to get reform from the EU. How often has a leader like Macron promised reform and gotten nothing? The EU only listen if you threaten their existence it seems.

europe

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

And you are confident that Le Pen, whose not-so-secret Russian oligarchy connections or Trump whose open disregard for ethics in politics, his obvious connections to profiteering from political decisions etc are not the same thing? Those will make <insert-your-country-here> great again? If you genuinely believe that the previous govt was selling you out, while the one you want to replace it with won't, then you're being blind to the same indications, red flags and signs that you employ to discredit the establishment.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Proportionality,Loyalty

Confident

so we could blame macron winning france on misogany right? because all of us trumpers were rooting for le pen. you know, a woman that could actually change things

neoliberal

French politics

annotator02

Equality

Confident

Why are American conservative even in favor of Le Pen she is not a conservative. She advocates for tougher immigration laws and that's about it. She supports abortion. She recently promised more government to the attendees of a meeting (as in more welfare) Economically she's a full blown socialist, she despises the free market. She'd be a US politician y'all would be bashing her all day long.

Conservative

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

I was surprised by the 25% of Macron, seing how /r/france tried to bash him. I guess the silent majority of the sub is more pro-Macron than I thought.

europe

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

>this is why macron won I love memes that are turned around.

neoliberal

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

It's not just for Germany. There are relocation quotas, which are why Macron vs Orban are in headlock.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

I have no idea how french elections work or what legal shananigans this may or may not be. But I am absolutely certain that Le Pen, and her party, will do extremely well during this election of theirs. I base this on the fact that no non-french person on this board knows any other candidate. Hate to say it, but if it comes down to Hitler and that-other-guy-whats-his-name, it'll go Hitler. Not calling Le Pen hitler btw, just... ya know... talking internet talk.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

Macron has a strong grip. Trump's is that of a low energy old man. Sad!

neoliberal

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

They're *still* posting frog memes over there. One of them is even a frog that looks like Marine Le Pen. Do they still not get it? Frog is an insult.

europe

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

I think not even elector college could save Le Pen here.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

Dutchman here. You're getting closer but are not exactly there yet. There are 2 provinces in the Netherlands with Holland in the the name, Noord-Holland and Zuid-Holland (North and South respectively). [Pretty insightful video on the situation] (https://youtu.be/eE_IUPInEuc) Edit: also, in regards to being named Hollanders I don't think most people really mind. I don't think I've really met anyone who's been annoyed by it, and I was born and raised in a southern province. Heck, we all shout "Holland!" when our national soccer team is playing.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

Nope, just actual Nazis like Macron. He's a nationalist socialist. Maybe you don't know what a Nazi is. You should learn history.

neoliberal

French politics

annotator02

Equality

Not Confident

I'm an American who's only been keeping up with these cases in passing, so you would have to ask a frenchman for a more accurate answer. The main fear that Fillon and Le Pen would have right now is how this will affect their chances in the election. Le Pen is already looking in bad shape for the run off, and as part of the opposition Fillon could potentially overtake her. If they got charged they may be forced to drop from the race and lose political influence.

worldnews

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

The whole anti-EU movement started with the financial crisis, but really amped up with the migrant crisis and social media propaganda and shitposting which amplified it. Macron realizes this I think, and if he can cobble together a European strategy to reinforce the external borders and take other measures to reduce migration, then the whole nationalist extremist movement can be effectively deflated to its pre-2015 levels. Then its a matter of dealing with the financial issues which can possibly be solved with a common budget, tax harmonization and fiscal transfers, if some proper mechanisms and rules are developed.

europe

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

Keep in mind that half of those 65% won't vote for his congresspeople. But Le pen will not be president so I'm happy!

neoliberal

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

I'm not sure if you're serious but nothing like that is written in the Spiegel. There are 13 sites dedicated to Macron. About 8 of them are an analysis of his persona, the reasons he won and his party. Then there are 3 sites on the future relationship with Germany citing both hopes that he's just what Europe needs but also caution if he's actually going to deliver. Then you have an interview with Schäuble praising Macron. So where's the crusade you talk about?

europe

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

That's not a new trend at all. These guys started to go towards Marine Le Pen since she took the reins of the FN.

europe

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident

Macron is a child. That's why he married his mommy.

Conservative

French politics

annotator02

Non-Moral

Confident