The second round of the presidential elections will take place on Sunday in France: in the evening, after 20.00 local time (21.00 Moscow time), it will become clear who will lead the republic in the next five years.
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The first round of elections was held on April 23, following which the centrist Emmanuel Macron, who received 24.01% of the vote, and the leader of the National Front party Marine Le Pen, who came in second with 21.3%, continued the fight for the presidency.
The election campaign ahead of the 2017 elections in France has become, perhaps, the most scandalous and unpredictable. For the first time in the history of the Fifth Republic, the current president of the country, François Hollande, refused the right to run for a second term, who understood that, given the failed results of the five-year plan, he had no chance of re-election.
Also, for the first time, alternative candidates entered the second round, and the right-wing and socialists, who had been replacing each other at the helm for decades, this time were left behind: the representative of the ruling Socialist Party, former Minister of Education Benoit Amon was actually betrayed by the majority of party members who decided to support Macron, and received only 6.36% of the vote in the first round, and the Republican candidate, who seemed to be the favorite in the presidential race at the beginning of the year, ex-Prime Minister Francois Fillon fell victim to a series of scandals and finished only third with 20.01%.
Eighth President of the Fifth Republic
This is the 11th presidential election in the Fifth Republic. The head of state is elected for a five-year term by universal direct secret ballot; citizens over the age of 18 can take part in the elections - about 47 million voters. Prior to leaving the post of François Hollande, the highest government post was held by Charles de Gaulle, Georges Pompidou, Valerie Giscard d'Estaing, François Mitterrand, Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy.
Polling stations in the metropolis will open at 08.00 (09.00 Moscow time) and in most of the territory will close at 19.00, but in large cities voting will last until 20.00.
Residents of the French Indian Ocean islands of Mayotte and Reunion in the Pacific Ocean of New Caledonia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands and the French living in other countries will also vote on Sunday. Voting by residents of the French overseas territories located in the Western Hemisphere - Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, Guiana, Martinique, the islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon and French Polynesia, as well as at the French embassies and consulates in America took place on Saturday.
Representatives of institutes for the study of public opinion will work at the “model” polling stations that close earlier than 20.00: after promptly processing the first results of the vote count, sociologists will provide the media with their assessment of the voting results, and, if the dynamics are obvious, a photo of the future head will appear on TV screens of the country already at 20.00 the state. The official data of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will begin to arrive at eight in the evening, counting the majority of votes will take several hours. However, it is likely that preliminary news about the course of the voting will appear in foreign media during the day: in France, it is prohibited until the polling stations are closed.
Emmanuel Macron
The founder of the Vperyod movement and the head of the National Front broke into the leaders of the presidential race amid dissatisfaction with the traditional parties. Both position themselves as representatives of an alternative to an established and stalled system, but if Le Pen has always been and remains in opposition, then Macron is still a man of power.
Just a few years ago, almost no one knew about Macron: he managed to work in the Ministry of Finance, was an investment banker, then - Deputy Secretary General of the Elysee Palace. In 2014, Macron was appointed Minister of Economy, and, probably, only then the country heard about him. Macron left the government two years later to develop his own political project.
Self-nomination bypassing the ruling Socialist Party of the minister, who played an important role in the five-year rule of Hollande, at some point was perceived by many as an unequivocal break with the unpopular head of state, almost a betrayal and scandal - Macron did not even wait for Hollande to announce his refusal to participate in elections. However, other observers are convinced that Macron's political project can be regarded as an attempt to reincarnate "young Hollande". Some call this politician a "Renaissance man" who can bring a much-needed renewal to the country, others argue that Macron does not have a clear program, but he will rely on the same political class - the socialists and their centrist supporters.
Macron is a representative of the political mainstream, he himself says that he is not left or right, playing on the feelings of those who have become disillusioned with the two traditional parties, but does not share either the position of Le Pen, or the views of the representative of the extreme left, Jean-Luc Melanchon. The former Minister of Economics has very extensive connections in the establishment, which made it possible to enlist the tacit, but quite obvious support of most of the major French media: they violently attacked Fillon and Le Pen, and did not touch the "pet". After the first round, he was openly supported by the socialists, including Hollande.
Among the election promises of Macron - a decrease in the unemployment rate from 10% to 7.7% by 2022, an increase in minimum pensions and disability benefits. The politician proposes to increase military spending to 2% of GDP from the current 1.79%, is a supporter of a more decisive fight against terrorism, advocates the restoration of military conscription in a soft version, but for everyone - both boys and girls.
Macron is also known for his pro-European position: during the debates with him, Le Pen even joked that regardless of the election results, France would be ruled by a woman: either she or German Chancellor Angela Merkel. However, observers noted that after the first round, the politician made some adjustments to his statements. Thus, he said that "it would be treason to allow the EU to continue to function as it does now." He even admitted that without EU reforms, France could repeat the fate of Great Britain and leave the EU, or the popularity of the National Front calling for Frexit would grow in the country.
As for Russia, Macron sees it as a “working partner” in solving regional problems, in particular, resolving the situation in Syria and Ukraine. According to him, there should be a dialogue with Russia, but “demanding”.
Marine Le Pen
The referendum on leaving the European Union is one of the key provisions of the Le Pen program, it actively calls on the country to free itself from the Brussels bureaucracy, betting on the protection of national interests. In her speeches, the leader of the National Front spoke more than once about the task of returning the "four sovereignties": territorial, economic, monetary and legislative.
Le Pen also wants to increase support for French law enforcement. In particular, she promised to hire an additional 15 thousand police officers and gendarmes, to resolve issues of technical support for law enforcement agencies. Another proposal is the expulsion from the country of people posing a threat to national security.
Far from the last place among the provisions of her program are traditional family values: for example, she intends to ban same-sex marriage in France and restrict access to the artificial insemination procedure, leaving it possible only for heterosexual couples.
In general, Le Pen's party today occupies the right flank: in France it is traditionally called the ultra-right, although it was so only during the leadership of Jean-Marie Le Pen, and with the arrival of his daughter, it seriously softened its position, shifting towards the center of the political spectrum.
Le Pen sees the future in a multipolar world and intends to rebuild relations with both Russia and the United States. According to her, France and Russia do not have any historical disputes, therefore, the countries should establish relations in such a way that "all the peoples of Europe can together, together, look into a calm and prosperous future." Speaking about Crimea, the leader of the National Front noted that it was returned to the Russian Federation by the will of its residents.
Is the result predetermined?
According to a poll by Elabe, carried out immediately after the debate at the request of the French information television channel BFMTV, 63% of viewers called Macron more convincing, 34% - Le Pen, 3% were undecided. At the same time, Macron was preferred by the majority of voters of candidates who were defeated in the first round of elections.
Thus, voters of the Republican candidate Francois Fillon shared as follows: 58% recognized Macron as more convincing, 38% supported Le Pen. Two-thirds (66%) of the voters of the leader of the "Unruly France", the representative of the extreme left Jean-Luc Melanchon also preferred Macron, Le Pen - 30%.
Two days before the runoff, 63% of respondents said they would vote for Macron, according to an Ifop poll released Friday. Thus, his rating reached its maximum since April 23, when the first round took place, and practically approached the maximum rating in early February - then 64% of the French were ready to support the ex-Minister of Economy in the second round. Le Pen can get 37%.
Election results in numbers will depend on French voter turnout, and after an inconclusive debate, it is likely to be low, despite numerous calls from the overwhelming majority of politicians to come and vote against Le Pen. The low turnout plays into the hands of the candidate from the National Front, whose electorate seems to be the most active.
Meanwhile, the scheme, which has become classic in France, has worked once again: opponents of the National Front point a finger at the stuck label, calling it “ultra-right”, “non-system”, “non-republican,” and voters accept this. Earlier (in 2012, the National Front still managed to hold two deputies out of 577 to the National Assembly), reaching the second round of elections of various levels against a candidate from the National Front almost always meant an easy victory for his opponent, be he right or left.
It seems obvious to a number of experts that it will be so now: Le Pen will run into a certain ceiling of votes. However, the result is important: 20%, 30% or 40% are not the same thing. In the first round, the leader of the National Front was able to receive more than 7.6 million votes, setting a record for her party. Now many are talking about the level of 10 million - if you manage to overcome it, for Le Pen it will be an undoubted success.
A high result will allow the National Front to reassert itself as a real political force and compete for seats in parliament - only a month is left before the elections to the National Assembly. For Macron, the result is no less important, and also with an eye on the parliamentary elections: in order to lead the country, the president needs a parliamentary majority, and whether the young movement "Vperyod" of the former minister of economics will be able to win it is a big question.
Security threats
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the second round of elections will be held in conditions of "maximum" security measures. As in the first round, more than 50,000 police and gendarmes, as well as military personnel who patrol in the Sentinelle counter-terrorist operation, will maintain order. In the capital, at all 896 polling stations, private or municipal security will be deployed.
Another "headache" for the authorities is the planned protests of citizens dissatisfied with the elections: such protests in Paris constantly escalate into violent clashes between aggressive young people and the police, and not only stones and bottles, but also Molotov cocktails are often thrown into law enforcement officers.
The authorities also pay great attention to the protection of candidates' events scheduled for the evening after the announcement of the election results. Macron gathers supporters in the square near the Louvre in the center of Paris, Le Pen, regardless of the results of the vote, will hold a meeting in the former hunting pavilion of the last French emperor Napoleon III, located in the Vincennes forest in the southeast of the Paris capital.
PARIS, May 7 - RIA Novosti. French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, according to preliminary estimates obtained by the Belgian media from sociological institutions, defeats the leader of the National Front Marine Le Pen in the second round of elections, gaining in the range from 60 to 67%, but with a record high absenteeism voters - at the level of 26-27% - which promises the new owner of the Elysee Palace tangible difficulties in the struggle for a parliamentary majority in June this year. And if the final results of the voting confirm the preliminary estimates, then Macron may become "the president of the minority" - with the maximum scenario in his favor it will turn out that he will collect support only 49.58% of voters, with a minimum - 43.8%.
As analysts note, the struggle for candidates will essentially start from scratch, since the full picture of who and for what reasons voted for Macron in the context of "a choice between two evils" is not clear. In the parliamentary vote, this choice is much wider, and therefore the support of voters for both the Forward movement and the National Front may turn out to be completely different.
Difficult choice of protest voting
The second round, in contrast to the first, was less intriguing, since opinion polls of all reputable French sociological institutions predicted Macron's victory by a significant margin - about 60% to 40%. But the record non-turnout rate since the late 1960s, also predicted by polls, and a significant number of those who voted with blank (as the French say, "white") or spoiled ballots, testify to the growth of protest sentiment, experts say.
Vasily Likhachev, a member of the Central Election Commission of Russia, told RIA Novosti that the second round is distinguished by an increase in the volume of protest voting, expressed both in ignoring the elections and in "white voting." Another expert, political scientist at the University of Liege, Pierre Vergean, expressed the opinion on the air of the Belgian TV channel RTBF that the low turnout could still play into Le Pen's hands.
However, from the very beginning of the day, when the first data on Macron's leadership in the overseas territories began to arrive, and towards the end of the voting, when polling data appeared in the Belgian media, few analysts considered the chances of the leader of the National Front to win real. In addition, her father, the founder of the "National Front" Jean-Marie Le Pen, in an interview with the British Daily Mail questioned his daughter's ability to govern the country, although he urged compatriots to vote for her.
The mood of Le Pen's party members was expressed in an interview with RIA Novosti by a member of the "National Front" Peter Sterligov - the French are discouraged. “The second round of elections is taking place in a specific atmosphere, when part of the voters are discouraged and lost. For the first time in the history of the Fifth Republic, right-wing candidate François Fillon (Republicans) did not make it to the second round, gaining only 19% of the vote. Macron, who is a disguised incarnation of the continuation of the policies of François Hollande and Marine Le Pen, "Sterligov said. He noted that the choice of voters of the ultra-left party "Unruly France", whose candidate Jean-Luc Mélchon won 19% on a par with Fillon, was also difficult.
“Although this was a historically high result for him, he did not make it to the second round either. Voters have to choose between the ultra-liberal policies of the former banker of the Rothschild bank - Macron, or again the“ incarnation of evil ”- Marine Le Pen. Socialist Party Benoit Amon, the party itself - the left, to which Hollande belongs, the entire government and both parliaments, gained only 6%. This is an unprecedented fiasco, "Sterligov added.
The difficulty of "choosing between two evils" was evident immediately after the first round, when a wave of protests swept across Paris, dissatisfied with the fact that these two candidates were in the final. "Neither Le Pen, nor Macron!" - this was the slogan of the demonstrations that turned into riots on the Parisian streets, when the police used tear gas, rubber bullets and batons, and radicals threw bottles, sticks at the police, smashed fences and burned several cars. Four people were injured, and about 30 were detained. After the end of the demonstrations, the slogan "Neither Le Pen, nor Macron!" remained one of the main protest slogans before the second round.
Protests are expected after the end of the counting of votes in the second round, although the situation in Paris is relatively calm so far. Security measures have been heightened compared to normal days, and there are "Foreign Legion" patrols on the streets, which are brought in to reinforce. On the eve of the French police put three people on the wanted list - two Belgian citizens, presumably of Arab origin, and one Afghan.
International background
On election day, WikiLeaks tweeted a message that former US President Barack Obama had intervened in the French election campaign on Macron's side. True, without disclosing the details yet, but only recalling its previous statement that the US CIA, in the period before the 2012 elections in France, instructed its agents to infiltrate the country's main political parties and penetrate their electronic systems.
At almost the same time, Agence France-Presse reported, citing a source, that the French authorities had launched an investigation into the alleged hacker attack on the email address of the Forward movement, of which Macron is the leader. Earlier, the same WikiLeaks reported the leaked emails.
Even before the end of the vote, experts made predictions about possible turns of French policy under Macron. Professor at the American University in Paris, Ziad Majid, told RIA Novosti that Macron's foreign policy, if elected, will be close to the vector that developed under Hollande: it will focus on relations with Germany, especially after Britain's exit from the European Union. "As for relations with Russia, Macron will follow the policy chosen by Hollande, that is, relations will remain the same as they were under Hollande - complex and unfriendly," the Lebanese-French political scientist believes.
According to him, the policy of François Hollande will also continue with regard to official Damascus. Macron's priority "will remain the fight against IS without recognizing Bashar al-Assad as a partner in this war." "He will continue Hollande's policy in Syria, but with greater caution, anticipating new US approaches to Damascus," Majid said. Another expert, professor at the Arab University of Beirut, Ali Murad, agrees with this opinion, but believes that Macron will pay less attention to Syria, and his position will be less biased on the Syrian crisis than Hollande was.
The market reaction in the short term to Macron's victory will be positive, but relatively calm, as this event is expected, according to experts.
"If Macron wins, and this is our baseline scenario, I expect EUR / USD to strengthen by 1-2% in the short term," said Christopher Dembik, head of macroeconomic analysis at Saxo Bank.
"I do not expect a very strong market reaction on Monday to Macron's victory, in any case, no more than the reaction that we saw after the first round," suggested Julien Monceau, senior economist at ING in Belgium.
In general, according to experts, Macron's victory can have a beneficial effect on the economic growth of both France and the eurozone. Macron takes a pro-European position and is not going to withdraw the country either from the eurozone or from the EU, unlike his rival Le Pen, they note. According to James Nixon, senior economist for Europe at Oxford Economics, under Macron, it will be possible to remove a significant portion of the political uncertainty that has been hovering over the European Union since the beginning of this year after the UK's exit from the EU and Le Pen's statements about the possibility of repeating the same scenario in France if she wins. ...
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Opinion polls show that of the two presidential candidates the French will vote for on Sunday, May 7, centrist Emmanuel Macron is in the lead. About 60 percent of voters are ready to vote for him. However, political scientists are not so unambiguous in their assessments.
"Everything will depend on the turnout," said Vivienne Pertuso, an expert at the French Institute of International Relations in Paris. If turnout turns out to be low, it could play into the hands of right-wing populist Marine Le Pen. Unlike its rival, it has support in the form of a well-organized political party, the National Front, with a permanent constituency. Macron, in turn, can only count on the votes of supporters of conservatives, social democrats and left-wing radicals, who, two weeks ago, in the first round of elections, voted for other candidates.
French voters are hesitant
Presidential candidates who did not make it to the runoff, with the exception of third-place communist Jean-Luc Melanchon, called on their voters to support Macron in the election. As Melanchon explained his position, he is against Le Pen, but not for a centrist candidate either. This can lead to the fact that many voters will not vote for either of the two candidates who entered the second round: that is, they either will not fill out the ballot paper, or they will not go to polling stations at all.
According to Vivienne Pertuso, the party system in France has actually been turned upside down. None of the traditional political parties succeeded in getting their candidate to run for the second round of the presidential election. French voters are hesitant, Pertuso argues: “We are in a state of chaos. trying to change the situation. "
Recently, a lot of criticism has been voiced against the French Catholic Church, which allegedly did not unconditionally support the candidacy of Emmanuel Macron. When, during the presidential elections in 2002, the father of the current presidential contender Jean-Marie Le Pen unexpectedly entered the second round, Catholic priests unanimously spoke out against his National Front party. Now the French Catholic newspaper La Croix criticizes them for their weak position. Meanwhile, representatives of the Evangelical Church, Judaism and Islam distanced themselves from Marine Le Pen, who, if she wins the elections, is going to close the borders and expel Muslims from the country.
"The danger of a social explosion" in the event of a victory for Le Pen
During the last televised debate before voting day on Wednesday, May 3, Macron, a liberal and supportive European Union, accused his rival of inciting hatred of Muslims. "The fight against terrorism should not lead us to fall into their trap. This trap is called civil war and division, which you are bringing to the country," the centrist candidate said addressing Le Pen.
The former leader of the National Front, which temporarily resigned after the first round to run as an independent candidate in the elections, is in favor of closing French borders and expelling suspicious Muslims from the country. In addition, she is a supporter of France's exit from the euro area and believes that Europe is to blame for the problems in the French economy. "We have gone through a massive de-industrialization. We have seen a reduction in our staff and a massive transfer of production. And today, Mr. Macron, the French are suffering because of Europe," Le Pen countered the rival's accusations.
The head of the German-French Institute in Ludwigsburg, Frank Baasner, believes that if Marine Le Pen wins the elections, France will face serious problems. "If, as president, she fulfills at least half of her election promises, the country will instantly find itself in isolation," he said in an interview with DW. "Take at least France's exit from the EU." The expert fears that if Le Pen wins in France, serious unrest could begin: "Many are not yet ready to choose between Macron and Le Pen. And here lies a great danger of a social explosion, great discontent of the population. In case of Le Pen's victory, this explosive will definitely go off quickly. ".
West and east of France disagreed
If Le Pen becomes the new president of France, Germany, as in the case of Donald Trump's victory in the United States, is likely to take a wait-and-see attitude, the expert suggests. If Macron wins the elections, Basner continues, this will mean a new round in the development of German-French relations: "This will give a new impetus to the whole of Europe."
Context
The role of France in Europe and the stalled economic reforms of recent years may serve as a decisive factor for the outcome of the presidential elections, Vivienne Pertuso said. “There is a growing fear of globalization, which defines our daily life and which cannot be controlled,” she says. “The commitment to European ideas is rather negative, as they mean open borders, free movement of goods and freedom to choose where to live. that France is no longer the master of her own destiny. "
It is this allegedly lost control that promises to return Marine Le Pen to the French. According to statistics, right-wing radicals are especially strong in the north and south-east of France. These are regions with particularly high unemployment and the lowest educational level of the population. Most of Macron's supporters, by contrast, live in big cities, as well as in the wealthy western regions of the country with a highly educated population.
Without a majority in parliament
Polling stations in France will close on May 7 at 20:00 local time. Almost immediately after that, the first predictions of the election results will appear. However, whoever wins Sunday's vote, Macron and Le Pen are likely to fail to win a majority in parliament, which will be elected in June.
After all, neither the Forward! Movement founded by Macron, nor Le Pen's National Front are represented in his lower house - the National Assembly. Therefore, the new president of the country will have to find compromises and hope for the creation of coalitions - and this could seriously restrain the ambitions of the new tenant of the Elysee Palace.
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Eleven candidates
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High voter turnout
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How the French chose the president: round one
Femen promotion
In the town of Henin-Beaumont, the home polling station of Marine Le Pen, a protest action by the Femen movement took place. Near the site where the leader of the right-wing populists voted, several half-naked girls with masks depicting Le Pen, as well as US and Russian Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, appeared. On the chests of the activists was written "Marine Team". They were detained by the police.
How the French chose the president: round one
Anti-fascist protests
In the east of Paris, a group of young people - anti-fascists came to the Place de la Bastille to express their dissatisfaction with the entry into the second round of the presidential race by the leader of the French right-wing populists Marine Le Pen. The police used tear gas to disperse the protesters.
With heightened security measures, a second round of presidential elections is underway in France, to which everyone's attention is riveted. The campaign became the most scandalous in the history of the Fifth Republic, the country split into two opposite camps - Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. At the same time, many are ready to boycott the elections.
Polling stations opened three hours ago. And they are not empty. The first half of the day is traditionally the most active for the French. Most of the voters come before dinner. The first figures will appear soon - and it will already be possible to judge the turnout.
The rain has not stopped since the evening of May 6, and as experts say, bad weather, history knows many examples of this, can greatly affect the course of elections. The polls conducted the day before also speak of a possible low turnout. The fact is that every fourth Frenchman is not going to the polls. “I choose none of two evils,” the newspaper Le Monde quotes voters. 70% of the French are not happy with the results of the first round. The biggest disappointment in the ranks of those who voted in the last round for the Republican candidate - Fillon and for the leader of the movement "Unconquered France" Melanchon. And for the supporters of the second in the last two weeks there was a fierce struggle between the finalists. Melanchon is the only one who did not recommend any of the candidates to his voters.
Voting in the second round will take place according to the old French tradition, say sociologists: against the one who does not like. And according to polls, former Minister of Economy Emmanuel Macron will win a landslide victory over the leader of the National Front Marine Le Pen. According to the latest polls, he can get 63% of the vote. But experts advise not to rush to conclusions - the voters will decide everything.
The Channel One journalists conducted their own small poll, and there are indeed a lot of those who decided to vote with a white ballot “against all”.
The presidential elections in France are being held in a state of emergency. Mobilized 50 thousand police officers, gendarmes, military and even employees of private security firms. At the entrances to some areas there are metal detectors. The number of patrols has been increased on the streets as well. Increased security at the Elysee Palace.
The day before, at a military base in the west of the country, the police detained an extremist who had already admitted that he was preparing an attack. The journalists found out: the detainee is a retired military man, and the foreign intelligence of France is based at the airfield, which the criminal planned to attack. There is also a presidential plane. Moreover, the police published guidelines on three more people suspected of preparing a terrorist attack in the country.
Today, as on the day of silence, any campaigning is prohibited in France. Strict rules with large fines ranging from three to three hundred thousand euros must be obeyed not only by politicians and journalists, but also by ordinary Frenchmen. Moreover, according to the newspaper "Liberation", the post on social networks is also considered propaganda.
This election campaign is already being called dirty. So the voting is taking place against the backdrop of yet another scandal. Hours before the day of silence, WikiLeaks reported a massive leak from Macron's headquarters. As a result, 9 Gigabytes of letters, photos and attachments were made publicly available. According to the headquarters, the data set contains both working documents and fake materials. President Hollande issued a statement to journalists to abide by the rules of the day of silence and not to publish these materials.
The candidates plan to celebrate their victory in completely different ways. Marine Le Pen chose a site in the Bois de Vincennes, this is the former hunting lodge of Napoleon III, and Emmanuel Macron chose the square in front of the Louvre. It is reported that Macron will appear in front of the crowd of supporters anyway and as soon as possible. After winning the first round, supporters waited for their leader for more than two hours. His trip to a restaurant marked by a Michelin guide also became scandalous. It was there that the former Minister of Economics uttered the phrase that was spread on social networks that he did not intend to listen to advice from the “Parisian middle peasant”. Apparently, this time, in the event of a meal, Macron decided to correct the mistake.
