France’s electoral commission has given orders to mass-media to avoid publishing contents entire or partial of Emmanuel Macron‘s leaked campaign emails to protect election process from influencing. Who is most likely behind #MacronLeaks which have been timed such that they are very unlikely to affect the vote? — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) May 5, 2017 Commission warned…
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Elections: Macron-Le Pen key TV debate
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen – the elections’ major contestants – meet in a decisive TV debate head to head before Sunday’s decisive second-round vote to choose France’s next president. The debate is called ‘historical’ in many way, also because first time there are no representatives of two major political parties: Republicans (conservatives) and…
Hollande: ‘Ode to Europe’
The incumbent President of France Francois Hollande took an opportunity to call the votes to give their ballots to the centrist Emmanuel Macron, the former Finance minister of his government. Hollande ensured international press in the European engagement of Macron, and warned against abstention, which can serve to advantage to his contestant Marine Le Pen….
EP to lift Marine Le Pen immunity
The European Parliament (EP) has begun the process of lifting immunity for MEP Marine Le Pen, the French Presidential candidate. EP has confirmed that the total sum of an alleged fraud amounts to €5 million in EU expenses for none-EU activities, carried out in France. Marine Le Pen took break from the leadership of the…
Marine Le Pen stepped down as a leader of Front National
In a message to her supporters Marine Le Pen informed them, that she will ‘take vacation’ from leading the Front National party, and will stay only the candidate for the presidency of France. Taking into consideration the careful wording ‘take vacation’, one might conclude it is a temperate solution for the coming two weeks until…
Marine Le Pen receives congratulations
Far-right leader of Front National Marine Le Pen receives congratulation from political family across Europe. Felicitaties gestuurd naar Marine Le Pen.Een feestdag voor alle patriotten in Europa.Op naar de 2e ronde en het Presidentschap! pic.twitter.com/udMWeP6FQz — Geert Wilders (@geertwilderspvv) April 23, 2017 In her address to the votes Marine Le Pen thanked them for their…
Defeated candidates call voters to support Macron
DEPECHE: The candidate of the Socialist party at power – Benoit Hamon (6,2%) acknowledged his defeat and called his voters to support the centrist Emmanuel Macron, to struggle against far right candidate Marine Le Pen (21,7%). ‘The Left is not dead’, – said Hamon, addressing his saddened militants. He is convinced that the values of…
Polls: Macron leading the first round
DEPECHE: France, the first estimation after the closing of the polling stations: Emmanuel Macron – 23,7 % Marine Le Pen – 21,7% However the Front National party insists to wait until the final result, suggesting there might be a slight change in numbers.
Lille drops ballots for president
In spite of the fears of violent clashes after the announcement of the results of the votes in the first round of presidential elections in France, Lille stays very quite, almost letargic. Traditionally the citaldel of the left, it is expected to stay in the line of the tradition. The birth city of the first…
France voting for the furture
France goes to the polls on Sunday for the first round of a dramatically polarized presidential election, crucial to the future of the European Union, and the destiny of the continent. Nearly 47 million voters will choose between a pro-EU centrist newcomer breaking away from the incumbent Socialist government, a scandal-ridden veteran conservative eager to…
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