It's Macron and Le Pen
Macron is a liberal, former investment banker and an avowed internationalist who worked as economic minister in France's Socialist government. Le Pen has run a tough, anti-immigrant campaign and has vowed to take France out of the European Union. The United Kingdom is already in the process of pulling out of the 28-national trading bloc. Were France to also head for the door, most analysts think it would kill an institution that helped keep the peace and bind Europe together for decades.
Many analysts here say that because of her far-right policies, Le Pen cannot beat Macron in a head-to-head, national race. She now appears headed for an opportunity to prove the pundits wrong in two weeks when the two compete in the run-off.http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/23/525334918/macron-le-pen-expected-to-advance-to-french-presidential-runoff?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20170423&utm_campaign=breakingnews&utm_term=nprnews
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What I have seen in the news indicates that Le Pen should lose by a substantial margin.
Stocks rise sharply as investors cheer French election results
U.S. stocks joined a worldwide rally Monday after the first round of France’s presidential election raised expectations that the European Union will hold together. Emmanuel …
this the same news media that predicted that Britain would stay in the EU and that Hillary would win the election in a massive landslide?
they might have been better off if they stated its up to the voters to decide....
(just couldn't let that one pass up)
this the same news media that predicted that Britain would stay in the EU and that Hillary would win the election in a massive landslide?
FWIW, French political polls tend to be more accurate than American polls.
"this the same news media that predicted that Britain would stay in the EU and that Hillary would win the election in a massive landslide?"
Yep. The media has proven it's irrelevance.