France General Discussion III: Tout doit disparaître

[Kingpoleon]

Link to the old thread: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=155115.0

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http://www.economist.com/node/21723410

[Kingpoleon]

What a boring thread name. People had plenty of better suggestions.

Would you prefer: The Destruction of the Party of Antonio V?

[Kingpoleon]

What a boring thread name. People had plenty of better suggestions.

Would you prefer: The Destruction of the Party of Antonio V?

I decided to arbitrarily settle this myself but keep suggesting, by all means

Don't worry - two can play at that game.

Now, in all seriousness, I'm looking forward to macroneconomics. What are the odds of Macron getting most of his economic agenda passed in the first year or so?

[Kingpoleon]

Wow, this Macron-submarine thing is so similar to young Putin, when he flew by military jet to Chechnya

Are you saying Macron is Putin and Hollande is Yeltsin?

I guess to continue that comparison, Le Pen is Zhirinovsky.

[Kingpoleon]

Ipsos, election analysis

Fillon's voters: Macron 48%, Le Pen 20%, blank/void ballot 15%, abstain 17%
Mélenchon's voters: Macron 51%, Le Pen 7%, blank/void 17%, abstain 24%
Hamon's voters: Macron 71%, Le Pen 2%, blank/void 10%, abstain 17%
NDA's voters: Macron 27%, Le Pen 30%, blank/void 20%, abstain 23%

Interesting... I somewhat expected more Mélenchon/Le Pen voters.

[Kingpoleon]

So Sarkozy was Gaddafi's bitch, just like Trump is Putin's bitch?

Actually, Sarkozy spearheaded the strike that took Gaddafi down. Some say he did this so that the Libyan funding of his campaign would not be found; Sarkozy himself has, I believe, alleged that Gaddafi and his son fabricated this in order to strike back at the man they feel to be responsible for taking them out of power. Sarkozy isn't indicted - he's now formally under investigation and has been released.

[Kingpoleon]

Does Melenchon have a successor on the Left, or does he plan to run in perpetuity?

Haha lol Segogo

He has some politicians with him that could success him: MPs like Alexis Corbière, Adrien Quatennens, Eric Coquerel are the most known. But they are not so charismatic than he is

What about François Ruffin? I saw a documentary about the French elections in the Netherlands which followed his campaign as a part of the documentary. He looked like someone who could make an impact in the future.

If the Communists take over the Left Front, Ian Brossat would be a good nominee.

[Kingpoleon]

Front National (or National Rally as they are known atm) are in a bit of a factional crisis right now. Macron is fortunate enough right now that none of the major non-EM factions look broadly acceptable to the median French voter, meaning even an unpopular Macron would be able to win a run off.

NKM could beat him if she could make the runoff.

[Kingpoleon]

Macron must not break now. Ride out the storm early, that it may end early. If he, New Napoleon that he was, cannot achieve a second term, the French Presidency is a cursed office.

[Kingpoleon]

Germany calls for France to give its UN Security Council seat to the EU

https://www.france24.com/en/20181128-paris-france-german-proposal-un-eu-macron-merkel-security-council-nations

^^hahahaha

Germany obviously deserves a spot on the Security Council, as well as India. The E. U. getting a seat would be... strange.