General Chat

So looks like Macron won....how much was a vote for him and how much a vote against her?

shame - if she had won then I think she would have taken France out of the EU

Fortunately for the French they seem to know what that would mean.

Lets hope this signals an end or at least a decline in the populist nationalist factions. France more than anyone knows what the far right means.

I do not know, nor do I care how much was a vote 'for' him ( though I suspect it was considerable) ...but it was essential that it was a vote against her.

She is her father's daughter.

Delighted to see the fascist brought low, I love it when that happens

She was obviously extreme enough said.....he though is an unknown in many ways...what is his party a year old and middle of the road? Will be interesting to say the least quite how you can so strongly predict what he will or won't do is interesting as there's no history to base it on. Time as always will tell.

Well that'll be a first a politician that hasn't lied and is promising to do everything he says he will :-) I hope in many ways you're right Rollo as you'd be very disappointed if he doesn't. It will be fun him helping to negotiate Brexit, wasn't it only yesterday they were getting told by their own Lawyers they wouldn't have a leg to stand on when they keep asking for more and more money before they'd even talk about trade etc?

We'll see Rollo.
Funny thing it seems almost half the youth didn't vote for him wonder what that means.
Interesting how many abstained or ruined their papers an example of "none of the above" we've mentioned in previous threads.

I don't 'know' but I assume this article has at least a fair view of how some of the young voters see it?

http://www.politico.eu/article/young-french-voters-wont-vote-protests-emmanuel-macron-marine-le-pen/

Good article Nyx.

No one is saying she should have won but it's interesting so many didn't vote for him.
When the youth didn't vote or have the "winning" vote with regards Brexit everyone said the future of the youth had been stolen........

LOL the UK has never had any real friends in the EU on any level.

The monster leaving bill that I already mentioned they have no legal power to enforce?

So I'm interested how are all of those countries you listed real friends?

Many of those countries like the UK money granted as does all of the EU.

there are no friends in politics :-(

Exactly Maddie no matter which country/party you are from.

"It is difficult to get anybody in the UK to grasp what a low priority issue brexit is in the rest of the EU."

Really Rollo you can seriously say in the future they won't miss the UK money even just a little?

Their priorities have to be do they make cuts or increase their own spending as they can't carry on as usual.

It was their own lawyers who said they didn't have a legal leg to stand on in demanding so much money to pay for future losses etc.

"The size of the contribution to the EU budget for Germany, the UK looks a lot as a figure but in reality is tiny - about £ 3 per houshold per week fir the UK."
Sorry are you saying they won't miss the UK money in the future as it's peanuts to them?....then why are they asking for money to cover upto what was it 2020 for the farmers?

"The Germans assess the bigbill at around £ 40 bn not the more extravagent figures."

So Germany calls the shots?

Yes can you?