Almost five years ago, in May 2017, centrist and European Emmanuel Macron and extreme right Deniz Le Pen They met in the second round elections presidency Francein a duel that seems to have been decided from the start.
first Unknown For the general public until 2014, then-President François Hollande appointed him. Minister of Economy in his second term. But Macron’s higher political ambitions and resigned from this position in 2016 and founded his own group in his hometown. on the go! (EM) A name matching his initials – which he introduced himself to in the 2017 presidential election.
In the example of Le Pen, the daughter of the historical politician extreme right French Jean-Marie Le Pen became a candidate for the second time in the presidential elections in France for the party founded by his father and named after him at that time. National Front.
Inside tight first round against candidates such as former prime minister François Fillon or representative of the intolerable left, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, and after the collapse of socialist Benoit Hamon, macron (23.5%) and Le Pen (22.07%) managed to beat him in the final sprint. elysium. In this race, macron featured advantagebecause some candidates – like centre-right Fillon or Hamon – have conspired for the presidential election against extremism de LePen.
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Others, such as the leftist Mélenchon, remained silent, which led to their voters. abstention or a blank vote. why did this happen abstention and blank vote In the second round of the elections, between 25% and 27% abstained, and 12% abstained, a situation not seen since 1969. white votes or empty.
The centrist candidate takes advantage of all these Come to Le Pen overwhelmingly, 66.1% of the votes, compared to 33.9% of the vote for the far-right candidate. This is how Macron rose Minister of the French Fifth Republic and younger when everyone swore at just 39.
Despite the defeat, a xenophobic talkexclusionary and anti-immigrant, Deniz Le Pen reached best result In the history of the Front National, with Jean-Marie Le Pen getting 11 million votes to 5.5 at the turn of the century – surpassing her father’s success in 2002.