FRANCE – First Round Of Presidential Elections Are Underway

The gates are open and they’re off.
‘Independent centrist’ Emmanuel Macron, pro Europe and former Rothschild golden child who’s been a historical ‘flip flop’ with his political directions; far right Front National, Marine Le Pen, who triggered yet another Femen protest outside polling station in the northern town of Henin-Beaumont where she was heading to vote; the scandalous Franois Fillon who wants to embark on Margaret Thatcher style reforms for France if he ever won (and we know how bad Thatcherism was for Britain); and finally hard-left veteran Jean-Luc Mlenchon.
Friday’s final polls showed the four leading candidates are so close that any two could go through.

This post was published at 21st Century Wire on APRIL 23, 2017.