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: 1, Troll) by VLM on Monday May 08 2017, @12:15PM (3 children)
bustles with Italian delis, African hair-braiding shops, and Chinese massage parlors ..... Hit him up if you're ever in Paris
Why would I ever want to go to Paris if its basically downtown USA? Its not like there's any French people in Paris anymore. I'd like to experience Parisian/French culture, but all I'm gonna get if I go to France is Italian food, African barbershops, Chinese bordellos and endless Muslim terror attacks.
I'm not sure ethnic food is worth stacks of filled body bags. Every time I'd buy a kebob from a street vendor in the USA I get to wonder about the tradeoff of food poisoning, but in France I'd get to wonder about the tradeoff of dead little kids knifed or crushed under trucks (and probably food poisoning too).
Multiculturalism = worship of destruction
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 08 2017, @12:58PM
And every time you masturbate God kills a kitten.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Thexalon on Monday May 08 2017, @04:19PM (1 child)
Since 2000, a total of 247 people, or less than 20 people a year, have been killed by terrorists in France. That's considerably fewer than have been killed in the US by terrorists in the same period, even factoring in the population difference.
And of course you'd experience French and Parisian culture in Paris. Major European cities aren't all that different from New York: There's a distinctive local culture, but also subcultures from all corners of the world. For example, in Germany, beer and brats is easy to find, even though you can also enjoy sushi or Turkish falafel if you'd like.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 08 2017, @08:54PM
Terrorism is NOT normal. Japan has none.
Japan has about two dozen refugees. Japan has roughly a thousand muslims, and the government monitors them all. Japan stopped bringing people in after a few rapes; the safety of Japan takes priority over being nice to non-Japanese.
The kids are safe. They walk alone for miles at preschool age. Aside from photos and minor touching, the women are safe. (no real harm)
Meanwhile, in the multi-cultural world, we are not safe. It's not just big terrorist productions; regular immigrant crime matters too.