1st turn french election

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Youre looking at the face shes trying to make to appeal right wing more moderate electors. Her vice-president do the "real" talk just after she speak almost every time. Beside if you know the history of the party, and not only le pen, its an actual clusterfuck of different right wing to ultra right wing (and ultra ultra right wing too) .

Former party.

[JohnBrown1917]

I am amused, not triggered. Or you can say you triggered my amusement.

I'm not even a socialist lol, but keep on dodging when somebody proves you wrong, its funny.

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Former party.

You really believe that?

[bufferunderrun]

While the far right rise is getting all the attention, the far left is slowing coming back and their candidate almost reached Le Pen, i'm curious if some german poster could tell me if Die Linke has some chances in the future election.

[Mehrunes]

Neither of them are left wing.

For FAILoZOFF the current Polish government is left wing, so I guess anything left of them in general is "left wing". Chances are, he's a voter for this genius.

It definitely does seem like she is trying to build up a more "neutral" image now that she got into the second round, probably in an attempt to distance herself from the image of the FN and to cater to people that would not vote for the FN.
That said, it seems like such a weird move. Does she expect people to suddenly forget where she comes from politically? Does she expect people to believe that she is suddenly a different person?

Well, there is some truth to what she's saying (though maybe not in a semi-presidential country like France, I'm not sure). The president should be above partisan considerations and should be the representative of the entire nation, not just one party. That's more government's (as in the executive cabinet led by the prime minister) thing. But that's theory. In practice it's just an empty gesture made by slimy politician. Same thing happened in Poland. The president resigned from the party (albeit after already being elected) because he's a "president of all Polish people and not just PiS voters" or some shit like that. In practice, he's merely a puppet of the ruling party. Though, again, this whole thing may not apply to France given how the role of the president there is stronger than in rest of EU countries.

Again, Macron is a ultra-liberal, he more right-wing than any thing.

You ignored the main point though. The guberment is out to get you!

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Former party.

She didn't left the party, she stepped down from the leadership.

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Had Austrias Hofer distanced himself from the FPOE, his chances definitely would have risen.

Had they? Possibly. But definitely not if he had done it between the first and second round of the same presidential election.

And even if he had done it before the first round, maybe even before the campaigning - it is still likely that people would have associated him with the FPÖ to a large extent. Look at his rival back then, Van der Bellen. He did go into the campaigning as an independent candidate for this very reason - to try and position himself more neutrally and away from party politics. Did it work? Not exactly, he was still widely regarded as the "Green party candidate".

[FAILoZOFF]

For FAILoZOFF the current Polish government is left wing.

Like lol? of course it is, they are f socialists (even with bit of commie flavors) for f sake

In practice, he's merely a puppet of the ruling party.

Of course, but at last we know his masters name... unlike before, so some progress? I guess...

president of all Polish people and not just PiS voters

You are delusional if you think ANY of previous presidents was "everyone's" president. Besides president is quite meaningless and powerless.

[Mehrunes]

Like lol? of course it is, they are f socialists (even with bit of commie flavors) for f sake

It's almost as if political alignment was multifaceted and PiS was universally viewed as right wing due to the sum of their platform. Woo, they have social programs for the poor. It's almost as if right wing socialism was a thing (not really applicable here, but a general point) and that one of the earliest proponents of welfare were christian democrats. Whoah.

Of course, but at last we know his masters name... unlike before, so some progress? I guess...

When was this "before" exactly?

You are delusional if you think ANY of previous presidents was "everyone's" president. Besides president is quite meaningless and powerless.

Look at all the times I said that. Oh, right, that's zero.