French Presidential and Legislative Elections 2017-News and Updates

[Taygibay]

Jeder muss sich seinen eigenen Weg machen.
For cooking, I'll go Deutsch in that alternative.

Tay.

 

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@Philia @LA se Karachi

What's in Emmanuel Macron's in-tray for France?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/08/emmanuel-macrons-in-tray-france/

 

[LA se Karachi]

 

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Macron's party (La République en marche) today unveiled 428 candidates out of 577 for the coming legislative election that will be held in a month.

Some key data :

-214 are women
-214 are men
-52% have never held elected office
-The average age is 46 years old (compared to 60 for the current assemblée nationale)
-The youngest candidate is 24 years old
-The oldest candidate is 72 years old
-93% of the candidates are employed
-4% are retired
-2% are currently unemployed
-1% are students
-24 are MPs of the current assemblée nationale
-77% of the candidates have currently no mandate.

Recent Harris Interactive-Indeed poll for the first round of the legislative election ;

La République en marche and MoDem : 29% (+3)
The Republicans and UDI : 20% (-2)
National Front : 20% (-2)
The Unbowed France : 14% (+1)
Socialist Party and Radical Party of the Left : 7% (-1)
The Greens : 3% (-)
Arise France : 3% (-)
French Communist Party : 2% (-)
Workers' Struggle and New Anticapitalist Party : 2% (+1)

 

[LA se Karachi]

 

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If I could resume the state of the Socialist Party,I would take this picture.

Jean-Christophe Cambadélis,first secretary of the Socialist Party (begging) campaigning in his Parisian constituency. Few curious persons watching the 'spectacle'. The sinking continues.

 

[LA se Karachi]

 

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When is the French inauguration 2017? What will French President Emmanuel Macron do first?

http://www.express.co.uk/news/polit...rance-President-Emmanuel-Macron-what-do-first

 

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Today is the transfer of power.
François Hollande looking for the last time at the Élysée palace gardens.

@LA se Karachi @Blue Marlin @Nilgiri

The end of an era.

 

[LA se Karachi]

 

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Today is the transfer of power.
François Hollande looking for the last time at the Élysée palace gardens.

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@LA se Karachi @Blue Marlin @Nilgiri

The end of an era.

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he speaks very good English first for a French President I think.

 

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he speaks very good English first for a French President I think.

He is among the few French politicians to speak fluently English.

If you would compare with François Hollande...

 

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He is among the few French politicians to speak fluently English.

If you would compare with François Hollande...

wah. At least Macron will get his point across to Trump and Brexiters with relative ease.

 

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The President reviewed the 4 detachments of the armed forces. The Republican Guard (Gendarmerie),the air force,the navy and the army.

He was given the military honors,also reminding him that the President is the chief of the armed forces,and at the same moment,two 75mm guns model 1897 fired 21 ammunitions for his inauguration.
A tradition that goes back to the monarchy era where 101 ammunitions were fired during the death of a king and to greet and announce the successor taking power. It was reduced to 21 by Charles De Gaulle... "21 Republican canons fire". @Blue Marlin @Nilgiri @AUSTERLITZ

He went through the Champs-Élysées in a military vehicle,escorted by the Republican Guard to go to the unknown soldier's tomb under the Arc de Triomphe.

Macron writes in the golden book "I will be always at your sides to France's and our people's service". Then greets some veterans.

He then returned to the Élysée palace in a Citroën DS7.

He made a stop to where the Police officer Xavier Jugelé was cowardly assasinated by a terrorist on april 20.

The new President will head this afternoon to the military hospital of Percy to meet injured military personnals,his first symbolic move.
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He will name his PM tomorrow and the members of the government will be revealed on tuesday.