Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "French Election (is finally over): How Macron Beat Le Pen - TLDR News" video.

  1. The election went pretty much how I expected it to go, the French people didn't want Macron but they don't want Le Pen either, Macron is the less of two evils for them, hence why you got that swing in the polls near the election in closing the gap in favour of Le Pen, it's basically the French people saying to Macron, we're not happy and want real change but I suspect they had no intention of voting for Le Pen but are quite happy to use her to scare Macrons government to get real change done. As for what Le Pen said she wanted to do if she won power, that's easy to say and hard to do, hence why did you notice the closer she got to being in power, the more she rolled back on what she would do with France membership of the EU, she was just trying to appeal to the French voters that are not happy with the EU to win them on side, but the closer she got to power, the more she toned things down on the EU, in other words, she's lying to the voters and saying what she thinks the people want to hear and not what can be delivered to try and win power, it's a tactic parties do when not in power because they can say whatever they want without having to take responsibility but once in power, it's a different ball game. Ultimately, the views of the people are what really matters and they want to stay in the EU and Euro, France also knows that the EU is the ideal way for France to project power around the world, basically, Le Pen was never really a threat to the EU like the media likes to make out, after all, France isn't like the UK which never wanted to be in the EU and always kept it at arms length. I also find it ironic that for Le Pen to be seen as credible, she needed to be seen as more moderate in politics, which if her party goes that route, it's far less of a threat.
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