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French voters are choosing their next president after an unpredictable campaign that has divided the country. The second round contest pits centrist Emmanuel Macron, a 39-year-old former investment banker, against the far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen, 48. The latest figures show voter turnout is sharply down on the past two presidential elections.

Reports are emerging of torn – and therefore invalid – Le Pen ballot papers being received by voters ahead of tomorrow’s all important French presidential election. In each case, the ballots of rival candidate, Emmanuel Macron, are intact. David Rachline, Campaign Director for Marine Le Pen, last night called for vigilance on the part of voters receiving their election material, and for those concerned to notify authorities at polling stations of any damaged ballots. Millions of packs have been sent out to French households in recent days, containing voting information and ballot papers for Sunday’s election. According to a press...

As imperfect as LePen appears to be, much as might be said of Trump, she embraces the culture of her native country that is being subverted by an invasive political system under the guise of a religion We’re watching the final showdown between two reportedly unpopular candidates vying for the office of president… in France. At least, that’s the account in most of the mainstream press, along with the tale that Emmanuel Macron is a centrist and Marine LePen is a far-right neo-Nazi. Neither description appears to be grounded in much fact. Familiar story? The international press is painting the...

Who here believes Le Pen is down by 20 something points?

Marine Le Pen, the leader of the National Front in France, is facing off against the “centrist” Emmanuel Macron in Sunday’s run-off for the presidential election. Below is an interview Ms. Le Pen gave recently on French television.

Unsuccessful in the first round of voting, France's socialist presidential candidate, Jean-Luc Melenchon (pictured), stopped short of endorsing the centrist Emmanuel Macron, though he warned his followers not to turn to the right-winger, Marine Le Pen. A vote for her party, the National Front, would be a "terrible mistake," he told French broadcaster TF1. The political situation in France is not unique. In many countries, the right wing is on the rise while the entire left side of the political spectrum - from socialists to social democrats - languishes in existential crisis. The US election is but one example, with...

Leading French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron's campaign said on Friday it had been the target of a "massive" computer hack that dumped its campaign emails online 1-1/2 days before voters choose between the centrist and his far-right rival Marine Le Pen.

How do you say Obama in French? MACRON, that’s how. Emmanuel Macron, the former socialist, now turned ‘centrist’ is a Rothschild banker puppet, a marionette dancing to EU tunes, whose campaign is being directed and funded by the globalists. Macron’s candidacy has all the makings of the Obama campaign in 2008. He’s a young, vacuous twerp who promises everything for everyone with inane platitudes, while knowing full well he will fulfill zero promises for France, but all the wishes and dreams of the globalists. As with Obama, the mainstream media fools are referring to Macron as the French JFK. To...

If Marine Le Pen wins, it’s almost certainly the end of the EU, experts say — and that could bring economic and political turmoil unlike anything the West has seen in decades. Forget Britain’s vote for Brexit. Forget U.S. President Donald Trump’s November win. If Marine Le Pen somehow defeats Emmanuel Macron in France’s presidential runoff vote on Sunday, it may be the biggest electoral shock in the West so far this century. A win by the leader of the French far right would see a leading European nation select a president emphatically opposed to globalization and integration, friendly to...

On April 20, just days before the first round of the French election, former president Obama caused a diplomatic stir when Reuters reported that he had spoken on the phone with French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron – the market-friendly candidate preferred by Europe’s establishment. Quick to avoid the perception of yet another foreign interference (who can forget Obama’s strong condemnation of the Brexit campaign last summer), in a statement from Kevin Lewis, spokesperson to President Barack Obama, he said that “an endorsement was not the purpose of the call, as President Obama is not making any formal endorsement in advance...

French Presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron this week lashed out at Front National voters, branding them “anti-France” and “true enemies”.

FRENCH presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron has pulled ahead of right-wing firebrand Marine Le Pen after a furious war of words in the last TV debate ahead of Sunday’s vote, a snap poll has claimed. Ms Le Pen made the most of her final opportunity to trade blows with the En Marche! candidate by hitting out at the political establishment, slamming the crumbling EU bloc and branding her competitor a “darling of the system”. But her explosive performance did not do enough to push her ahead of Mr Macron according to a snap Elabe Poll for French TV channel BFMTV. Voters...

<p>Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron clashed over their vision of France's future, the euro and ways of fighting terrorism in an ill-tempered televised debate on Wednesday before Sunday's run-off vote for the presidency.</p> <p>The two went into the debate with opinion polls showing Macron, 39, with a strong lead of 20 percentage points over the National Front's Le Pen, 48, in what is widely seen as France's most important election in decades.</p>

During the debate, Marine Le Pen tells Macron to his face that he is Merkel's bag carrier and that France will indeed be led by a woman. Either her or Merkel! Absolutely priceless and a MUST WATCH. Click to see this awesome video

Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen have both progressed from the first round in the French presidential election. The two candidates will face off in the second round on May 7, where Macron is widely tipped to become the president of France.

An Interview With Wallace Bruschweiler: a Conservative View on Current Affairs Originally published in The Liberty Web President Trump is now more than 100 days into his presidency, but there are still many controversies over his administration’s policies. Supportive views of Trump’s policies are rarely reported, especially in the mainstream media. At the beginning of Trump’s presidency we interviewed Wallace Bruschweiler, a security consultant who has a staunch conservative stance on current political issues. From Obama to Trump Profile Wallace Bruschweiler A quasi-linguist and an expert on counter-terrorism and national security, operating in Europe, the Middle East and North America...

This Sunday, the French people will go to the voting booths with a choice between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen for the Presidency of France. So far, it looks set to be a landslide for the Pro-EU Macron, but there has been some slight movement on the polls that show that it may not be all over for Le Pen. The latest poll from Harris Interactive shows that Macron will get 61% of the final vote (leaving Le Pen on 39%), but this is almost a 6% change since April 20th. Not only that, but there are several elements...

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 PARIS -- Not a day goes by in the run-up to the second and final round of the French presidential elections this Sunday without a slew of people using the "fascist" label against National Front candidate Marine Le Pen. In fact, I was bluntly asked in an Australian television interview, "Is Marine Le Pen fascist?"Labels are effective in politics for good reason: They're rhetorical brick walls that shut down debate and negate the need to get down in the weeds and defend ideas with critical thought. If fascism is such a worry, then why hasn't anyone bothered doing something about a...

Halfway between mountains and the Mediterranean, the southern French village of Puget-Theniers is old, idyllic and a picture of the quiet rebellion under way in rural areas. In the first round of France's presidential election, residents here, an hour's drive from the city of Nice, voted overwhelmingly to cast the country's rulers to the wolves. Thirty-seven percent of 1,300 ballots on April 23 were for far-right leader Marine Le Pen and another 18 percent for Communist-backed firebrand Jean-Luc Melenchon. A collection of other "anti-system" candidates from Trotskyists to a man who believes the European Union is a CIA-backed conspiracy won...