Just one month ago, it seemed quite simple: on one hand there was the anti-establishment Marine Le Pen, who has strong plurality – but not majority – support, and is likely to win the first round in the French presidential election on April 23, 50 days from today. However, in the second round she was expected to lose to Francois Fillon.
Since then, things have taken a dramatic turn for the chaotic. For those who have missed the escalation in events over just the past three days, here is a concise summary from UChicago’s Daniel Nichanian, who in 13 short tweets has recapped the chaos that has taken place in the latter part of the past week:
I just need to recap things that have happened in France's looming presidential election over the past 72 hours, for my own sanity.
— Taniel (@Taniel) March 4, 2017
This post was published at Zero Hedge on Mar 4, 2017.
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