France 2017: Results Thread

[Angel of Death]

Wikileaks should have quite the interesting dump on Macron tomorrow😒

so Wikileaks is essentially giving up the pretense of being neutral

They already removed all doubt the moment they went into damage control on Trump's behalf after the Access Hollywood tape.

[Angel of Death]

It's not that I think that her chances are that great otherwise, but am I the only one who thinks that openly cozying up to Putin is bad strategy from Le Pen? It only stands to reason that a large part of her appeal has to come from the "muh patriotism" types.

[Angel of Death]

Adding a huge bonus to the winning party in an otherwise "proportional" system is such a transparent ploy for power: With the left and non-far right likely not being keen to team up from the start, it would give the FN the best chance of ruling the country despite being hated by a clear majority of the country. It's Erdoğan-level BS and would be a recipe for chaos.

[Angel of Death]

Funny you should say that, because the only other European country with a non-proportional lower house is now a complete mess ever since they voted to leave the EU.

[Angel of Death]

I'm not talking about whether a single party has free reign over the country or not. The Brexit negotiations look like a train wreck in slow motion and the country might disintegrate over it.