General Chat Thread 3 (world, America, live, best)

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I took the French one and got this (some of the questions were hard to answer because I don't live in France so can't really comment):

[Warszawa]

France voting result. How bad is Fillon, that I have more in common with Marine Le Pen than him?

[Razza94]

Originally Posted by Warszawa

France voting result. How bad is Fillon, that I have more in common with Marine Le Pen than him?

Aside from her nationalism, Le Pen is surprisingly moderate on a lot of issues. Which is why she's seen as far more electable than her father was.

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Le Pen is left-wing economically, while Fillon is basically the French Thatcher. That is probably why.

Took the other one as well.

[Razza94]

Originally Posted by dunno what to put here

Le Pen is left-wing economically, while Fillon is basically the French Thatcher.

True, he has openly admitted that he idolises Thatcher.

Isn't his wife, the one who is allegedly involved in corruption, Welsh?

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Yes, she is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_Fillon

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Macron and Le Pen through to the second round. Macron got 24%, Le Pen got 22%.

I am cautiously optimistic.

[lommaren]

How can 24 % vote for that shower of neo-lib/socialist merger crap?

Macron is literally the worst of both worlds and a piece of garbage.

[Razza94]

Originally Posted by dunno what to put here

Macron and Le Pen through to the second round. Macron got 24%, Le Pen got 22%.

I am cautiously optimistic.

The popular theory suggests that an anti-Le Pen coalition is going to keep her out of power. But as we've seen recently, anything is possible.

[Ariete]

Originally Posted by dunno what to put here

Macron and Le Pen through to the second round. Macron got 24%, Le Pen got 22%.

I am cautiously optimistic.

Yup. John Oliver made the plea that "the French are always eager to tell how much better they are than the British and Americans - show it to us now".

A Finnish expert said "most French are level-headed people, and the results are according to that".