Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Gravitas Plus | France Elections: Why you should care" video.

  1. France out of the EU would leave France as a much weaker player in the world, I highly doubt most France people want that with the level of pride the France people have. Beside, just look at the UK, it's becoming a joke since it left the EU. In any case, if France or Germany was to leave the EU, that would weaken all members a lot, including France, what that basically means is that it will become harder for France and other EU members to protect their political, economic and social interest, the US would love that as it wants to water down food standards, workers rights and other things, Putin would also love that because a weaker Europe is easier to take advantage off. France also would be a less attractive place to invest because of their regulations and resistance to the English language among other things, France outside the EU would likely do more harm to France then the UK being out of the EU. Beside, if there is one thing I've learned about Eurosceptics, even harden ones, most don't want to leave the EU but want to reform it so it works better, the UK is the exception to the rule that never liked the EU from the start but France has a lot of pride and wants to project power, the EU is it's only real hope at doing that and you only have to look at the UK with Brexit in how they are being sidelined with the EU and US taking charge and in the case of France, it would likely be worse than what the UK is going through because the UK at least is on friendlier terms with the US.
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  2. Wasn't the same said about Brexit? Not being funny but who ever wins in the French elections doesn't change that much really, after all, one thing about political parties that are not in power is that it allows them to lies and say anything they want to win an election, once in power, it's a very different story because all of a sudden, it's their neck on the line. Basically, when it comes to elections, a lot of things are said on what they will do if they win power but in a lot of cases, they rarely keep them, especially if what they are saying isn't realistic. So even thought Macron would be better for the EU, Le Pen wouldn't change much overall, after all, in EU countries, moderates tend to be the ones that last and if the Le Pen party wants to be a creditable party, they can't afford to mess it up by going extreme, otherwise, they'll be booted out of power the next election and likely never get back in. Basically what I'm saying is that if Le Pen wins, she'll tone it down on what she can do, especially when it comes to the EU.
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