Emmanuel Macron has been declared the President of France after early vote counts:
France has a new president. Emmanuel Macron – an independent centrist who has never held elected office – has won a resounding victory over far-right, nationalist Marine Le Pen in the most important French presidential race in decades, according to early vote counts by the French Interior Ministry.
In early returns, Macron had won an estimated 65 percent of the vote to Le Pen's nearly 35 percent, according to the French Interior Ministry. Le Pen has already called to congratulate Macron and conceded defeat to a gathering of her supporters in Paris.
Also at The Guardian (live), Washington Post, NYT, Reuters, and The Local.
From CNBC: Euro hits six-month high on Macron victory
CNN editorial: Why Macron's victory is reassuring ... and yet not
BBC has an article about Macron's potential choice of Prime Minister.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 08 2017, @11:45AM (3 children)
This is a public forum where other people read the comments. I have no problem reading comments or engaging in arguments with people that I disagree with. We discuss, we pick up information and we learn. So much more enlightening than taking propaganda or constructed narratives at face value.
Said the AC? Being able to discuss things anonymously leads to some terrific discussions because people are not afraid of social repercussions for stating exactly what they think. There's little trolling here compared to the glory days of the green site and I suspect most remember some of that nonsense fondly.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 08 2017, @01:36PM (2 children)
I had a long reply and just realized I'm tired of this. There is no convincing the neanderthals here of anything, and there is little point in trying. There are enough users to correct the horrific dribblings of the neo-cons and radical libertarians. I'll leave the trolls and cavemen to their fun and wish the rest of you the best of luck.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 08 2017, @07:43PM (1 child)
I'm not a conservative or a libertarian.
<sarcasm>"horrific dribblings"?</sarcasm>
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 08 2017, @11:08PM
It wasn't aimed at you and yes it was reactionary crap aimed at the site's real trolls