Current Affairs 2022 French presidential election

[spectateur]

I don't live anywhere near Paris, hence I have no direct experience of the effect of Hidalgo policies.
I have a couple of Parisian friends, both give the impression that she is good for the people of Paris.
So naturally, opinion is divided.

what? if she's so horrible why then Parisians elected her twice?

 

[spectateur]

Zemmour attacked and injured at a rally in NE Paris yesterday.
Feelings running high already.
The report in BBC news again focusing on the pertain and the Jews issue.
I'm not sure that is the most important in the minds of the people.

 

[ParisToffee]

what? if she's so horrible why then Parisians elected her twice?

They had huge expectations of her when she first got elected and there was no one worthy to compete against her for second round :-( Since she s been the Mayor of Paris, the city has got dirtier, more violent and less safer to life in :-( The fact the city got the Olympics and Rugby World Cup in next couple of years covered over the cracks but Paris is bobo champagne socialist too and love having a "leftist" candidate and once she said she 's looking at going national here for the presidentials, people in Paris were over moon as she will become others problem

 

[Deleted member 48881]

They had huge expectations of her when she first got elected and there was no one worthy to compete against her for second round :-( Since she s been the Mayor of Paris, the city has got dirtier, more violent and less safer to life in :-( The fact the city got the Olympics and Rugby World Cup in next couple of years covered over the cracks but Paris is bobo champagne socialist too and love having a "leftist" candidate and once she said she 's looking at going national here for the presidentials, people in Paris were over moon as she will become others problem

Sorry mate, you are biased as hell. Do you speak French, think you are an expat

 

[ParisToffee]

Sorry mate, you are biased as hell. Do you speak French, think you are an expat

haha yes as I've lived on and off in France for years , I speak french What does being an expat have anything to do with what I ve said? I voted for her in 1st election but did'nt bother in 2nd ones as have right to vote in french municipal elections
As spectateur has said she divides opinions in Paris :-(
So do you live in Paris? The conversation here is in english so what is the issue of whether I speak french or not? You seem the one biased here no as I didn't agree what you think of her?

 

[spectateur]

They had huge expectations of her when she first got elected and there was no one worthy to compete against her for second round :-( Since she s been the Mayor of Paris, the city has got dirtier, more violent and less safer to life in :-( The fact the city got the Olympics and Rugby World Cup in next couple of years covered over the cracks but Paris is bobo champagne socialist too and love having a "leftist" candidate and once she said she 's looking at going national here for the presidentials, people in Paris were over moon as she will become others problem

I would hate to have to have to live in Paris. Travelling through once every couple of years or so is enough for me.

 

[Deleted member 48881]

haha yes as I've lived on and off in France for years , I speak french What does being an expat have anything to do with what I ve said? I voted for her in 1st election but did'nt bother in 2nd ones as have right to vote in french municipal elections
As spectateur has said she divides opinions in Paris :-(
So do you live in Paris? The conversation here is in english so what is the issue of whether I speak french or not? You seem the one biased here no as I didn't agree what you think of her?

you can dislike her mate, but you can't deny she's lovely. love Anne!

plus she's the only leftist in the race, excluding the fading melenchon

 

[ParisToffee]

you can dislike her mate, but you can't deny she's lovely. love Anne!

plus she's the only leftist in the race, excluding the fading melenchon

Probably a lovely lady to go have a drink/dinner with as long as politics etc not on menu ;-)
Maybe she should do a sexy christmas calendar like Stade Francais rugby club do to increase the voting?

 

[Deleted member 48881]

Probably a lovely lady to go have a drink/dinner with as long as politics etc not on menu ;-)
Maybe she should do a sexy christmas calendar like Stade Francais rugby club do to increase the voting?

I wouldn't say no lol

 

[Wizard]

 

[peteblue]

When idiots start fighting due to politics you know that bothe sides have lost the plot……

 

[Adam-GOTTV]

Worth a read.

 

[tsubaki]

Worth a read.

It’s as if someone distilled every RW populist trope into a speech and I am surprised he didn’t end up saying he would make France great again.

Horrifically and deliberately divisive too, going after half the country like that.

 

[Blue 1]

It’s as if someone distilled every RW populist trope into a speech and I am surprised he didn’t end up saying he would make France great again.

Horrifically and deliberately divisive too, going after half the country like that.

Found it quite chilling, myself. Ugly, vengeful stuff with nothing positive in it at all.

 

[tsubaki]

Found it quite chilling, myself. Ugly, vengeful stuff with nothing positive in it at all.

the mugs lap it up though