i believe none of the corruption charges agains fillon have been verified.  a put-up job to move the favourite candidate out of the race.

politics seems to be filled with corrupt people these days.  everywhere.

Macron’s tragedy is that he still believes in a discredited economic system

Olivier Tonneau

Guardian still pushes its far left view.

Even against the much-vilified Marine Le Pen, Macron took the presidency with the weakest mandate ever for a Fifth Republic president, and will preside over a society more divided than ever.

Twenty million people voted for Macron; 10 million for Le Pen (4 million more than in the first round); and a staggering 26 million either abstained or handed in a spoiled ballot. That less than half of the electorate felt compelled to form a “republican front” against the Front National tells us how profoundly antagonistic they are to the new man in charge.

Macron is a complex political figure. At meetings, he resorts to every populist trick, emphasising his persona and biography, resorting to slogans and light shows. 

Yet last Friday, he gave a three-hour interview to Mediapart in which he was articulate, precise and refreshingly candid. He also sketched a philosophy of history that explains why he behaves so differently in different contexts. 

According to Macron, liberal democracies have emerged out of the progressive enrichment of the bourgeoisie who, unfortunately, have lost sight of their responsibilities. He therefore inscribes his defence of economic liberty within the context of a broader “cultural revolution” (his words) which would regenerate the middle class and enable it to fulfil its historical role as the pre-eminent class with responsibilities towards the others. 

In this view of history, there is no place for social struggles or trade unions, and no role for the working class. It therefore makes sense that when addressing them via televised meetings, Macron resorts to infantilising advertising tricks, but when addressing the middle class on Mediapart, he is at his convincing best, eager to explain how entrepreneurs and professionals should exploit the opportunities he will open for them to create chances for others.

Interestingly, while Macron gathered most of his votes from the wealthier sections of society and Le Pen from the poorest, votes for Mélenchon were equally spread between all socio-economic groups .

Can France Insoumise continue its rise now the election is over? The stakes are high – enough for an academic who became an activist to fully enter the fray: I will be France Insoumise’s candidate to the legislative elections for the constituency of French people resident overseas.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/08/emmanuel-macron-france-economics-neoliberalism

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Emmanuel Macron’s first foreign visit announced, and says a lot about the future of France

German Chancellor Angela Merkel revealed Mr Macron would be the first foreign leader to welcome the president-elect, after also being the first to speak on the phone to the ex banker since the result was announced.

Mrs Merkel said she was “very pleased” the former economy minister won the election against Front National’s Marine Le Pen last night.

Macron, who was an economy minister under outgoing president François Hollande, had a 10-minute phone conversation with Mrs Merkel just minutes after learning of his landslide victory, during which he promised her that he would visit Berlin “very quickly”. 

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France’s economy minister Emmanuel Macron has resigned, breaking away from embattled president and mentor François Hollande to prepare for a rival presidential bid.

Eight months ago 

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Macron Wins French Presidential Election

The newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron resigned as the leader of En Marche! 

Today 

What a con ..

He learned economics from the teacher he married

Unfortunately it was Home Economics and failed 20th century socialist economics

France

Hollande says he will hand power over to Macron on May 14th . 

A Socialist changing of the guard ..

This guy has a thing for older women . Going to report to mumma Merkel . 

He has his orders sack 120,000 public servants .To save 6 billion . Germans fed up with paying for French Farmers .

Fascism is a political ideology..often misused by the far Right...it is neither solidly left wing nor right wing...

Meanwhile in the real world UK/USA boom 

Goldman says this may become the longest economic expansion in history

Goldman Sachs economists said, in a recent note, that their model shows an increased 31 percent chance for a U.S. recession in the next nine quarters. That number is rising. But it's a good news, bad news story, and the good news is there is now a two-thirds chance that the recovery will be the longest on record.

"The likelihood that the expansion will break the prior record is consistent with our long-standing view that the combination of a deep recession and an initially slow recovery has set us up for an unusually long cycle," they wrote.

The Goldman economists also say the medium-term risk of a recession is rising, "mainly because the economy is at full employment and still growing above trend.

" They define a recession as a quarter of negative growth.

"The most obvious way to keep risk from rising much further would be a slowdown of output and employment growth to a trend pace before too long," the economists wrote. This would require more Federal Reserve tightening than is currently priced in the bond market, they wrote.

I keep  triple currency account with Citi Bank London . No tax . And move between as the big boys play ,

Theresa May hopes interview with husband Philip 'will show what makes her tick' 1 CommentTheresa May believes her husband Philip will help show voters she is a woman to trustCREDIT: GEOFF PUGH FOR THE TELEGRAPH Gordon Rayner, political editor  Christopher Hope, chief political correspondent 

8 MAY 2017 • 9:30PM

Theresa May hopes voters will see “what makes her tick” when she and her husband Philip sit on the BBC’s One Show sofa tonight for their first joint television interview.

The Prime Minister believes people should have a chance to see “what they are voting for” in what she and her team have turned into a presidential-style campaign centred on “who do you trust”.

Mr May, who works for the City firm Capital International, has received no media training ahead of the live interview with Matt Baker and Alex Jones, and the couple will not be told about the questions in advance.

Agree Thea, vive la France and Macron. 

Good choice.