Showing posts with label French Election. Show all posts
Showing posts with label French Election. Show all posts

Monday, May 08, 2017

Emmanuel Macron and the New French Revolution



It was a beautiful sight. Tens of thousands of people waving red, white, and blue flags,  cheering Emmanuel Macron, France's newest and youngest president, after his victory over the far-right demagogue Marine Le Pen.

Emmanuel Macron, a youthful former investment banker, handily won France’s presidential election on Sunday, defeating the staunch nationalist Marine Le Pen after voters firmly rejected her far-right message and backed his call for centrist change.

But while it was a big victory for progressives in France, and a vote of confidence in the battered European Union. 

For Le Pen's supporters, and their camp followers like Donald Trump and Ezra Levant, the results couldn't be more devastating...

Sunday, May 07, 2017

The French Hacking Attack and the Rebel Connection



With only 24 hours to go before the French presidential election, and Emmanuel Macron leading Marine Le Pen in the polls, this was hardly surprising. 

The campaign of the French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron was hit on Friday by a large dump of leaked emails and other documents on a file-sharing website.

Le Pen's neo-nazis are about to get thumped, and they are bitter and desperate.

But what is surprising and shocking is the Canadian connection.