French Elections

It looks like Fillon's scandal is getting worse and worse.
web.archive.org/web/20170131220851/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/31/francois-fillon-faces-fresh-claims-over-paying-wife-and-children

Will he drop out? If so, who benefits? Who will take his place in the second round?

The latest polling shows Fillon losing ground and Hamon gaining at the expense of Melenchon (pic related).

If its Hamon versus Le Pen, Hamon will assuredly win.

If its Fillon versus Le Pen: nightmare scenario

when is the election?

23 of April

How is our guy melenchon doing

Does Hamon have a good chance?

He wants a basic income which is cool

Please note : it's a poll paid for by the Figaro, a mainstay of the ring-wing press.

Not that well, Hamon being on the left wing of the socialist party, he's getting votes from people that would have voted Melenchon if the socialists had a more centrist/right-wing candidate.

They are talks about Hamon/Melenchon/Jadot joining forces, we can hope but it's unlikely for now.

Fillon getting in trouble means more votes for Macron and Le Pen, which means it's gonna be tough for anyone else to get to the second round of the elections.

the FUG French comrades?????

worlds gone to shit, let's vote for a blarite. Frenchies are weird

Macron being hyped by the msm will be his kiss of death imo

what can possibly go wrong????

A majority of the electorate is conservative.
The press forgot about plurality.
The socialist party is dead, it feels like seeing a star still shining while knowing it has already collapsed but we're too far away to see it.

the first shota president

Hi, fellow leftists!

She taught him French. With the mouth.

he's got most of the elites behind him, all medias groups pushing his name everywhere, Fillon-I-wanna-be-Thatcher scares a lot of people, Hamon is seen as too much of an idealist.

He never joined them, he only was one of Hollande advisors.
Plus the socialist party ain't leftist anyway.

Surely it's better than having Fillon and Le Pen guaranteed to go through? Now there's some competition for Fillon's place.


Nice metaphor fam, I'm going to steal that.

like labour in britain

Ending up with Macron instead of Fillon doesn't feel any better.
I stole that metaphor from Frederic Lordon.

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What kind of leftist actually wants basic income?

never EVER trust a socdem