Tuesday, April 25, 2017

'May 7th without me': Angry French voters vow to abstain in second round...

Now that the French are faced with a clear choice between anti-EU and anti-globalization Marine Le Pen and Pro-EU, pro-free market Emmanuel Macron it's unlikely there will be many, if any, undecided voters.

The battle lines between the pair could not be more clearly marked out.

But that doesn't mean everyone in France is happy with the selection of final round candidates.

In 2002 the French took to the streets to protest against the place of Jean-Marie Le Pen in the second round vote, but in 2017 they took to Twitter to protest.

 The hashtag #SansMoiLe7Mai, which literally means “Without Me on May 7th” was trending to all day on Monday. Full story...

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