As Riots Overshadow Macron’s Final Months in Office, Presidential Hopefuls Jockey to Succeed Him – WTOP News
Kalshi traders now give Le Pen a 53% chance of winning as unrest and riots have shaken France and boosted her law-and-order message.
- Following riots on Saturday, President Emmanuel Macron faces a deepening political crisis as far-right and far-left contenders aggressively maneuver to succeed him in next year's presidential election.
- Weeks of youth protests over education underfunding and generalized anger regarding high cost of living pushed Macron's popularity to its lowest levels since taking office in 2017.
- National Rally leader Marine Le Pen asserted on Wednesday that the government has "lost its grip," while authorities blamed "far-left radicals" and opportunistic criminals for the violence.
- Pollster Frédéric Dabi said Le Pen is "the only candidate to capitalize on this event," making it difficult to imagine her failing to reach the runoff in April.
- The Fifth Republic faces significant institutional challenges as the country prepares for a post-Macron era, with the potential collapse of established political norms reshaping France's democratic future.
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France Elections: Le Pen leads polls over radical left Melenchon
PARIS: French nationalist leader Marine Le Pen remains firmly ahead in the race for 2027 presidential election, with recent opinion polls placing her at the top of the first-round vote as political polarisation deepens amid left-Islamist unrest and growing popular dissatisfaction with President Emmanuel Macron’s administration. However, polling conducted after the latest left-Islamist violence indicated little immediate change in voter intention…
The violence associated with the current student protest movement feeds, as happened in May 68, the vote of law and order
The French presidential election is not scheduled until April next year, but the fierce battle for the Elysee Palace has already gained momentum. The unrest that erupted last weekend has raised the question of who will be able to ease tensions in a divided French society?
Leftist Media Spin Furiously On French Leftist Rioting
After a few days of violence and destruction, the political implications inevitably break out. The New York Times front page on Oct. 20 lamented: “French Right Has Opening In Upheaval: Riots Fit Rhetoric as Election Approaches.”
If a presidential election were held in France now, it would be won by Marine Le Pen, the candidate of the far-right National Association party, according to a Harris Interactive poll for M6/RTL television. She would receive 70 percent of the vote in the second round, defeating Jean-Luc Mélenchon, candidate of the left-wing La France insoumise party, with an overview.
“Far Right” Seizes on French Riots
As predicted, the riots, arson and looting in France have boosted the electoral prospects of the National Rally. Marine Le Pen is now, far and away, the number one choice of Frenchmen for President in the upcoming election. To normal observers, this would not come as a surprise. The riots tend to confirm that the National Rally’s diagnosis of France’s problems is correct. This simple explanation, of course, is anathema to the French (and Europea…
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