French Presidential Elections in 2022

Yes. Macron has about the lowest approval by any leader in the world, so he will be replaced. Do not know who he face apart from the blonde woman who will win. What does it matter? It is france.

Red Gold said:

btw: I live about 10 miles from the French border and often go to a nice litle place in France - just for lunch and back again.
And when there is an election in France, I am also interested to see all those French election street posters.

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So what? Is it about selfishness for you? Or the best for the french people? What is best for them?Apart for abducation of the presidency since they keep topping the list of most hated stateleader in the world for 100 years. Time to set the french free I reckon. If they desire it. The people do not get what they want now. Not good

Red Gold said:

Have you got any proof for your claim?

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grow some individuality. Drop the catchphrase about proof, and research for yourself. I am not your mama, and I do not care what you would think if you were an independent individual either. Searh up approval ratings of stateleaders and see for yourself.

Red Gold said:

In alphabetical order:

Nathalie Arthaud - Lutte Ouvrière
François Asselineau - Union populaire républicaine
Xavier Bertrand - Divers
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan - Debout la France
Jean Lassalle - Résistons
Marine Le Pen - Rassemblement national
Jean-Luc Mélenchon - La France insoumise
Jean-Frédéric Poisson - VIA, la voie du peuple
Philippe Poutou - Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste
Fabien Roussel - Parti communiste français
Arnaud Montebourg - L'Engagement
Anne Hidalgo - Parti Socialiste


They all have declared their candidacy.

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Actually, it is perfectly possible that Macron will win this as people do not really like the other candidates.

Opinion polling for the 2022 French presidential election - Wikipedia

saulus paulus said:

grow some individuality. Drop the catchphrase about proof, and research for yourself. I am not your mama, and I do not care what you would think if you were an independent individual either. Searh up approval ratings of stateleaders and see for yourself.

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You made the claim: forum guidelines, internet etiquette and good manners leave you with three options:

• Retract the statement.
• Provide links that provide good quality support for your claim.
• Do neither and be thought a bit of a dork.

Red Gold said:

Here is a new candidate:


Far-right pundit Eric Zemmour launches 2022 bid for French presidency

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He seems to have the support of the Far-Right vote and could make the second round. If so he would probably get the Marine le Pen votes also and then it is a question if the other right-wing parties back him or Macron who is likely to be the other candidate.

From what I can glean he is a critical thinker and more of a rebel and intellectual than a leader. He has a France First agenda that is anti-Islam and anti Immigrant and which debunks a lot of the devirilisation of male identity he associated with modern feminism and the gay rights movement. His understanding of French identity is both anti-EU and anti-American and he is looking for closer relations with Russia and a withdrawal from NATO.

If comes down to him or Macron I hope Macron wins as Macron seems to be the sane candidate of the two. Zemour seems to be riding a bit of a wave right now but that might serve Macron better than him as people unite to keep him and his agenda out.

the problem with Macron is he is pro rich. One of things he has done is to reduce taxes on the top income bracket. I hope whoever replaces him will reverse that.

Red Gold said:

That reminds me:
This Monday we have been to France for lunch.
But we did not see any election posters yet.

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The election is 10th April 2022 with the runoff for the 24th.

If you add Le Penn and Zemour together you get about 30% which is quite high for the far right. The right of the center vote would then be crucial as to whether they beat the left-wing candidate in the runoffs. Would Pécresse of the Republicans support Macron or go with the far right. I suspect her party would drift in both directions but that she would support Macron in the runoff. But it is possible we could get a right of the center president.

Macron looks like being the stronger left-wing candidate the rest of the left is divided and weak. The shock for the right would be if Zemour and Le Penn canceled each other out. Then Pécresse would be the candidate of the right and might well beat Macron at the polls being the most reasonable face of the right.