French Presidential election

By now you've probably heard: politics in France has turned a very bizarre corner, for the mainline parties, and their candidates, hardly made an…
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In the 2016 US presidential election, Donald Trump credited the “forgotten man and woman” for his astounding upset victory, which flew in the face of all the pollsters and predictions.
“They are forgotten no more,” he has said.
Now, France is heading to the polls on Sunday, in an election crucial to the future of not only France, but Europe itself.

After the St Petersburg attack a few weeks ago, I specifically predicted there would be a staged terror attack in France just prior to the presidential elections. Here’s what I wrote at the time. ‘I want to go on record as predicting there may be a staged terror attack somewhere in France between now and […]

As French President Francois Hollande admits he will do everything in his power to stop Marine Le Pen from being elected French President, criminal accusations are being brought against her not just for republishing ISIS videos but also for making false claims for public funds to pay her staff.
This closely mirrors the charges brought against the former front runner, Francois Fillon, over alleged illegal payments to his family.

It will come as no surprise to anyone who has followed the French election that Francois Fillon – the standard bearer of France’s right wing Republicans and until recently the front runner in the French elections – has now been charged over illegal payments to his family.
There is a strong possibility that Fillon has indeed broken the law though he denies it.

Latest opinion polls in France suggest that Marine Le Pen is increasing her first round lead, and is starting to close the gap between herself and whatever challenger she will face in the second round of the French election.
This is happening at the same time as the centrist challenger – Emmanuel Macron – is showing the first signs of losing support.

Shortly after the French Right nominated Russian President Putin’s friend Francois Fillon as its candidate in the forthcoming French Presidential election, he has been hit with a scandal that threatens to derail his campaign.  Indeed Fillon is now coming under pressure to pull out of the race entirely.
What happened?