Althouse: "President Emmanuel Macron will face Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, in the runoff of France’s presidential elections."

April 10, 2022

"President Emmanuel Macron will face Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, in the runoff of France’s presidential elections."

"With 92 percent of the ballots cast on Sunday counted, Mr. Macron, a centrist, was leading with about 27.4 percent of the vote to Ms. Le Pen’s 24.3 percent. Ms. Le Pen benefited from a late surge that reflected widespread disaffection over rising prices, security and immigration. With war raging in Ukraine and Western unity likely to be tested as the fighting continues, Ms. Le Pen’s strong performance demonstrated the enduring appeal of nationalist and xenophobic currents in Europe. Extreme parties of the right and left took some 51 percent of the vote, a clear sign of the extent of French anger and frustration."

The NYT reports.

31 comments:

Joe Smith said...: Why isn't Macron (or any other liberal politician for that matter) ever 'far-left' in the eyes of the NYT?; 4/10/22, 7:06 PM
Sebastian said...: Are any anti-establishment parties and candidates ever not "xenophobic" or "extreme"?; 4/10/22, 7:21 PM
hawkeyedjb said...: France requires ID, so minorities will be prevented from voting.; 4/10/22, 7:21 PM
rcocean said...: Le Pen is a socialist and the NYT's labels her "Far Right". LOL! She wants to lower the retirement age to 60, supports labor uniones, the 35 hour work week, and want's to protect French workers and Businesses from Global competition.

American Pravda is always labeling everything they don't like "Far Right". If you don't support trans-gendered and Gay sex being taught to 10 year olds, you are "extreme right wing".

The real reason they call Le Pen "far right" is so the NYT dumbshit readers know the correct "party line" to follow. Now they can all go on twitter and cheer when she loses.; 4/10/22, 7:25 PM
Tank said...: Fifty one percent equals extreme?; 4/10/22, 7:43 PM
Static Ping said...: "Far right" means socialists the NYT does not like. Stalin remains in good standing.; 4/10/22, 8:16 PM
gspencer said...: There ya go again with the left-wing bias describing Le Pen as "the French far-right leader."

Macron is the choice of the NWO/Davos crowd, the CFR, Chatham House, the EU. Call him what he is - a globalist wishing to bring one-world government.; 4/10/22, 8:21 PM
Michael K said...: There is hope for France.; 4/10/22, 8:47 PM
cfs said...: "Why isn't Macron (or any other liberal politician for that matter) ever 'far-left' in the eyes of the NYT?"

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I was going to ask them same thing. Why are conservatives always described as "far right", but the leftists never referred to as "far left"? And btw, Le Pen is not "far right". She is just a little bit less a socialist than Macron.; 4/10/22, 8:52 PM
Readering said...: Le Pen made a lot of adjustments after her 2017 humiliation, but she remains xenophobic, thus retaining her far-right label outside the NYTimes.; 4/10/22, 8:53 PM
M said...: Le Pen is a socialist. A hard left socialist at that. Europe does not have a “right” as America does. The funny thing is our academics don’t even understand this. They are so ignorant of basic things and yet consider themselves to have such deep understanding and higher intelligence.; 4/10/22, 9:02 PM
Drago said...: Paper ballots.

ID required to vote.

Votes completely tallied in a couple hours.

No "taking a break for the night".

No hoax "burst water pipes" excuses to kick poll watchers out so only 1 party is left to observe.

No suitcases of votes pulled out from under tables.; 4/10/22, 9:08 PM
tim in vermont said...: "Mr. Macron, a centrist, "

Meaning a Davos globalist and a member in good standing of their cult.

"What does a Davos globalist call a good paying job that would allow a man who didn't go to college to raise a family in a home of his own?"

"An economic inefficiency."

"What is war?"

"Davos globalism by other means..."

"What is NATO?"

"Davos's army."

How these war mongering job wreckers got themselves labeled "centrist" is beyond me, but I guess cracking skulls when the working class gets too uppity, like Macron done the Yellow Vests and Trudeau the Canadian Truckers is all the rage on the left now. Who knew that when the workers of the world united, it was really fascism.

Don't worry though, Hunter Biden's laptop was "Russian disinformation" and the press don't lie to you about anything important.; 4/10/22, 9:58 PM
Achilles said...: Tank said...

Fifty one percent equals extreme?

That did make me chuckle a little.; 4/10/22, 10:33 PM
Achilles said...: Only 27% of the voters chose the "centrist."

Everyone else chose something extreme.

The Globalist Oligarchs are about to reap the whirlwind.; 4/10/22, 10:36 PM
Jim at said...: the enduring appeal of nationalist and xenophobic

Taking pride in one's nation - and putting it first - is neither nationalistic nor xenophobic.

It's common sense.; 4/10/22, 10:38 PM
Narayanan said...: rcocean said...
Le Pen is a socialist ... etc.
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= if Bernie Sanders were to advocated STROMG BORDERS; 4/10/22, 10:52 PM
Yancey Ward said...: "No suitcases of votes pulled out from under tables."

Not this round, at least.; 4/10/22, 11:02 PM
Joe Smith said...: 'Le Pen made a lot of adjustments after her 2017 humiliation, but she remains xenophobic...'

There you go with the 'X' slur.

Not wanting her nation overrun by illegal Muslims, not wanting women treated like cattle, and not wanting her culture destroyed are sensible notions.

It's not xenophobia, it's sanity.

In the U.S. there is an entire party cheering on an invasion.

We are fools.; 4/11/22, 12:04 AM
glacial erratic said...: The New York Times does not "report".; 4/11/22, 12:18 AM
RMc said...: Why isn't Macron (or any other liberal politician for that matter) ever 'far-left' in the eyes of the NYT?

Far left = "centrist"
Everybody else = "Nazis"; 4/11/22, 6:04 AM
MayBee said...: They have to label LePen as "far right" so people know not to cheer on the Woman! You have to let feminists know LePen doesn't count.; 4/11/22, 6:20 AM
Lurker21 said...: French politics assume a strong and powerful, rather intrusive state. That's been going on for centuries. And it isn't going to change now.

European political labels don't really correspond well to American (or even Anglosphere) political vocabulary. If Le Pen were a convinced free marketer she'd be called a liberal or a neo-liberal in France. If she is called right wing, it's because her father was in the statist/nationalist tradition of the French right wing, and she is his daughter.

You could make a case that Trump confounds our American political labels -- I wouldn't say that he was further right than dogmatic free marketeers are -- but calling Le Pen right wing accords with traditional French political labels.

At this point, though, you can still take issue with the "far." Le Pen isn't perceived as being as much of a "threat" as her father was. She's more polished and less strident than he was, and France is more fed up with politics as usual than it was 20 years ago.; 4/11/22, 6:53 AM
Jefferson's Revenge said...: Jim said-

"Taking pride in one's nation - and putting it first - is neither nationalistic nor xenophobic.

It's common sense."

I like nationalism because, like you say, it is taking pride in one's nation. I like the fact that different countries have different cultures, mannerisms, values and ways of doing things. It makes the world more interesting. A monolithic world based on one set of values created by Davos Man would not only be boring, it would be static and stale. Nationalism provides visible global options on culture and policy. It's like Federalism without the constitution. I always root for nationalistic politicians and parties. Once in power they still have to pass the test of good governance, which basically means to me, are they promoting policies that help their citizens live better lives.; 4/11/22, 8:18 AM
Paul said...: And note folks.. they will REQUIRE ID and PAPER BALLOTS!!!!; 4/11/22, 9:13 AM
AZ Bob said...: One married his mother, the other killed her father.; 4/11/22, 9:16 AM
DanTheMan said...: In France, the NYT calls communists the left.
In Russia, the NYT calls communists "right wing" or "hard line conservatives".

It's all about making sure their readers stay "informed".; 4/11/22, 9:20 AM
Jupiter said...: Oh, did the NYT print another edition? How droll! Will they ever get all the fish wrapped?; 4/11/22, 2:35 PM
Narr said...: Le Pen is a nationalist and a socialist. It's a powerful combination.; 4/11/22, 3:08 PM
Chris Lopes said...: "Stalin remains in good standing."

Of course he does. He helped William Duranty win a Pulitzer.; 4/11/22, 3:32 PM
Readering said...: Maggie Thacher loved the NHS. Everything is relative. People accuse Macron of being a rightist because he wants to reform the retirement process.; 4/11/22, 8:17 PM