Best of the Web:

Joe Quinn on Press TV: French Presidential Election Farce

Press TV
Mon, 24 Apr 2017 12:34 UTC

Joe Quinn Press TV Debate French elections

With the first round of the French presidential election completed, virtually unknown former banker Emmanuel Macron and veteran right-winger Marine Le Pen made it through to the second round where one of them will become the next leader of France. Why did Macron come out on top, and why is the media already predicting that he will win in a landslide in 2 weeks time, and what does a Macron presidency portend for France.

In this episode of The Debate, Press TV has conducted an interview with Ian Williams, a senior analyst with the Foreign Policy in Focus from New York, and Joe Quinn, a senior editor with Sott.net to discuss the presidential election in France.

Reader Comments

just thinking · 2017-04-24T15:54:28Z

France is trying to stop Marine Le Pen at all costs

[Link]

Mandatory Intellectomy · 2017-04-24T17:20:04Z

"came out of nowhere"

Reminds me of Obama.

"former banker"

Sound the alarm. Abort mission.

If people have been paying attention in recent years, these two things should disqualify this macaron immediately.

redrock12 · 2017-04-24T23:26:37Z

Excellent Joe. You have exposed what a creep Macron is, and the intellectual paucity of what's-his-name you were debating.

His analytical skills are on par with Donald Duck's. IOW, just another talking head with nothing above the neck.

Hello H2O · 2017-04-25T00:38:23Z

I agree, Joe was very clear about the issues. Mr Williams, was not so clear to me what he was actually trying to say. Lots of words but not much coherence, at least for me anyway.

Seems to be the typical scenario, a nice shiny candidate, (kind of appearing out of nowhere in this case), and the requisite bogey man/woman, who will take the necessary shellacking from the usual suspects.

Call me nuts, but I think the surprises are not over yet. Will have to see what the next couple of weeks brings.

just thinking · 2017-04-28T20:20:55Z

Only Marine Le Pen Represents FrancePaul Craig RobertsMarine Le Pen is the only candidate for the French presidency who represents France. All the rest represent Washington and the EU. Why are the French people so slow to see the obvious facts? France died with Charles de Gaulle. He was the last French president.

[Link]