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France Says "Non!" to the Far Right, Overwhelmingly Rejects Marine Le Pen for Emmanuel Macron

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Jay C5/07/2017 3:00:59 pm PDT

Not to rain on Macron’s victory parade, but The Guardian did leaven their reporting on the French elections (in their usual manner) with a sobering reminder:

Marine Le Pen defeated but France’s far right is far from finished.

There is another round of French elections coming up in a few months (for Parliament), and analysts predict that the FN - which, today’s drubbing aside, isn’t going to go away - MAY garner enough votes to establish itself as a significant Parliamentary bloc. Maybe.