French nationalist candidate Marine Le Pen and incumbent Emanuel Macron will face off in the second round of elections in the French presidential election.
Le Pen ran on immigration, borders, and lifting the burden on the working class. Macron spent the last month consumed by the Russian War on Ukraine.
Turnout was high in the rural areas.
France, presidential election today:
Turnout is higher than 70% at 17:00 CEST in several rural departments. However, it collapses in the Parisian agglomeration: only 50% voted in Seine-Saint-Denis and Paris, 10 points less than in 2017.
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Macron was leading with 28.1 percent to Le Pen’s 23.3 percent.
France voted in the first round of its presidential election on Sunday. Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron have qualified for the second and final round.
Here is the projected vote share on Sunday evening: https://t.co/qOsqM7b4Gf pic.twitter.com/lnQMZ79XLa
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As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier — Le Pen is surging on economic relief for the working class and common-sense immigration policies.
European Rennaissance reported:
Opinion polls point to the far-right’s Marine Le Pen as the main challenger to President Emmanuel Macron’s re-election, in a repeat of the 2017 match. Le Pen has shifted her campaign focus to purchasing power, the number one priority for French voters, without shedding far-right policies from her election programme. read more. Here are her main policy proposals:
ECONOMY
* No income tax for those aged under 30
* VAT on energy at 5.5% from the current 20%. VAT at 0% for essential products such as pasta and diapers as long as inflation is one point higher than growth.
* No employer contributions on pay rises of up to 10%
* Early retirement at 60 for those who have worked 40 years. Increase low pensions
* Scrap inheritance tax for middle- and low-income families. No tax on donations of up to 100,000 euros per child or grandchild every ten years
IMMIGRATION
* Only French citizens will have access to welfare benefits
* French nationals will be given preference in access to social housing and to jobs
* Stop family reunification
* Systematically deport undocumented migrants, foreigners convicted of crimes
* Withdraw residency for migrants that are out of work for more than a year
* Remove birthright citizenship
* Asylum requests to be processed outside of France
It’s just common sense. Hopefully, the far-left media will not be able to ruin this woman before the second round.
