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French Election (is finally over): How Macron Beat Le Pen – TLDR News

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Over the weekend the people of France headed to the polls in the final round of the French election. Incumbent, Macron, won a second term in office (a surprisingly rare feat in France) so we’ll explain what he did right & Le Pen did wrong

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1 – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61209765
2 – https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/macron-or-le-pen-why-it-matters-france-eu-west-2022-04-10/
3 – https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/macron-or-le-pen-france-faces-stark-choice-president-2022-04-24/
4 – https://carnegieeurope.eu/2022/04/19/far-reaching-consequences-of-le-pen-victory-in-france-pub-86936
5 – https://twitter.com/terischultz/status/1518316334119108615
6 – https://twitter.com/CasMudde/status/1518300673300996096
7 – https://www.economist.com/europe/2020/04/30/emmanuel-macron-ditches-jupiter-for-other-gods
8 – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61209765
9 – https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/macrons-easy-election-victory-masks-big-challenge-2022-04-24/
10 – https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/down-not-out-frances-le-pen-vows-fight-2022-04-24/

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  1. @pedenmk

    March 6, 2024 at 9:00 am

    How he beat LE PEN? Just like America's last election, he cheated.

  2. @itsROMPERS...

    March 6, 2024 at 9:00 am

    This strikes a chord in America 2020, when Americans came out not because they loved Biden, but hated Trump.

  3. @humanity6097

    March 6, 2024 at 9:00 am

    I know that AMONG YOU NOT MANY KNOW THAT SINCE 8 YEARS AGO THE CITY OF MARIUPOL and DONBASS HAS BEEN ATTACKED BY UKRAINIAN AZOV NAZIS.

    This is a link to the Vice News channel created 7 years ago…
    Title: UNDER FIRE WITH THE AZOV BATALLION…

    If you've watched VICE News coverage.

    Then you will know more deeply why Azov a few weeks ago destroyed Mariupol and until now still holding some mariupol people hostage for them to make a living shield.

    Joe Biden has funded Neo-Nazi groups to slaughter civilians

    ……………………….
    I suggest we study this conflict also from the reportage of independent journalists such as PATRICK LANCASTER (US) on the Youtube channel.
    Or….
    Eva K Bartlett (Canada),
    Graham Phillips (UK),
    VN Rangeloni (Italy),
    Ruben Gisbert (Spain),
    John Mark Dougan (US)

    Their reprotase is on their respective youtube channels

    And….
    Cristelle (FRANCE) On youtube channel : Donbass Insiders
    ………………
    and many independent journalists from various countries…

    Please review it for yourself after seeing the various data submitted by the independent journalist since 8 years ago.

    May the civilians of western Ukraine and from the east soon find peace.
    And rotten politicians and fascist mobs must be eradicated for a better future for Ukraine

    There are also at least two documentaries that many people from various countries need to know, because this documentary is also a piece of data that complements the reportage of Patrick Lancaster and other independent journalists

    Mark Bartalmai (German)
    Title : UKRIANE AGONY
    Made in 2014

    Oliver Stone (US)
    Title : UKRAINE ON FIRE
    Made in 2015

    And I really appreciate LIVRE NOIR (FRANCE) journalistic work.
    And I also advise all of us to look intellectually at the work
    ANNE LAURE BONNEL.

  4. @domadordepollosmm

    March 6, 2024 at 9:00 am

    I love the constant omissions of Melenchon. Traditional parties like ps or le republicaines have been crushed by macron, le Pen and "others"…. Who might that be I wonder….

  5. @fifacraft49

    March 6, 2024 at 9:00 am

    This is why Putin wins

  6. @Michael-mh2tw

    March 6, 2024 at 9:00 am

    2:19 You mean the EU, NOT 'Europe' as a geographical or political area.

  7. @MartimCorreia10

    March 6, 2024 at 9:00 am

    I don't get why French people are anti-NATO and if you are in favor of a European army? As a Portuguese I'm very interested in your opinion French people

  8. @sevret313

    March 6, 2024 at 9:00 am

    Why am I even watching this shitshow? Macron's victory in first round was not at all overwhelming and no sign that the center of politics are popular.

    Please don't tell me that the TLDR team are enlighten centrists.

  9. @nathanb011

    March 6, 2024 at 9:00 am

    The French's elections instability sounds like a remarkably stable US election. Not that that means very much.

  10. @martinhawes5647

    March 6, 2024 at 9:00 am

    @TLDR NEWS EU fix your flipping microphone.

    I’m starting to think you don’t care.

  11. @andybray9791

    March 6, 2024 at 9:00 am

    Eurgh

  12. @dbcooper28

    March 6, 2024 at 9:00 am

    What people don't know is that Macron is like half Trump half Trudeau and 2/3 of the french hate him

  13. @strasbourgeois1

    March 6, 2024 at 9:00 am

    That was too close. Vive la France.

  14. @paul1979uk2000

    March 6, 2024 at 9:00 am

    The election went pretty much how I expected it to go, the French people didn't want Macron but they don't want Le Pen either, Macron is the less of two evils for them, hence why you got that swing in the polls near the election in closing the gap in favour of Le Pen, it's basically the French people saying to Macron, we're not happy and want real change but I suspect they had no intention of voting for Le Pen but are quite happy to use her to scare Macrons government to get real change done.

    As for what Le Pen said she wanted to do if she won power, that's easy to say and hard to do, hence why did you notice the closer she got to being in power, the more she rolled back on what she would do with France membership of the EU, she was just trying to appeal to the French voters that are not happy with the EU to win them on side, but the closer she got to power, the more she toned things down on the EU, in other words, she's lying to the voters and saying what she thinks the people want to hear and not what can be delivered to try and win power, it's a tactic parties do when not in power because they can say whatever they want without having to take responsibility but once in power, it's a different ball game.

    Ultimately, the views of the people are what really matters and they want to stay in the EU and Euro, France also knows that the EU is the ideal way for France to project power around the world, basically, Le Pen was never really a threat to the EU like the media likes to make out, after all, France isn't like the UK which never wanted to be in the EU and always kept it at arms length.

    I also find it ironic that for Le Pen to be seen as credible, she needed to be seen as more moderate in politics, which if her party goes that route, it's far less of a threat.

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https://newsbriefing.eu/politics/meloni-hardens-migration-rhetoric-as-far-right-rival-vannacci-gains-ground
https://en.ilsole24ore.com/art/number-of-migrants-rises-repatriations-up-34-per-cent-in-the-first-six-months-AJVKjkm?refresh_ce=1
https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/migration-and-asylum/pact-migration-and-asylum_en
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:180:0031:0059:en:PDF
https://italytelegraph.com/posts/italy-blocks-80000-migrant-transfers-what-the-eu-pact-really-changes-for-residents
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/21/sweden-plans-to-send-migrants-to-italy-france-and-spain-reject-dublin-transfers
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/21/sweden-plans-to-send-migrants-to-italy-france-and-spain-reject-dublin-transfers
https://www.eunews.it/en/2026/08/12/five-eu-member-states-are-considering-building-a-repatriation-centre-in-uganda/
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/10/04/giorgia-meloni-pushes-italy-s-migration-strategy-as-a-model_6728172_4.html
https://www.irreview.org/articles/2024/10/27/giorgia-meloni-is-offshoring-migration-to-solve-italys-immigration-concerns-now-the-rest-of-europe-is-interested-too
https://www.frontex.europa.eu/media-centre/news/news-release/frontex-irregular-border-crossings-down-26-in-2025-europe-must-stay-prepared-lyKpVb
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/08/italy-disastrous-offshore-agreement-with-albania-must-serve-as-a-wake-up-call-to-end-eus-cruel-migration-plans/
https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/08/vannacci-sanchez-is-right-on-immigration-meloni-is-a-fiasco/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/deputy-premier-salvini-rome-not-193326174.html
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/21/sweden-plans-to-send-migrants-to-italy-france-and-spain-reject-dublin-transfers
https://italytelegraph.com/posts/italy-blocks-80000-migrant-transfers-what-the-eu-pact-really-changes-for-residents
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https://www.politico.eu/article/romania-jet-blasts-drone-near-offshore-gas-production-platform/
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/20/nato-jets-scrambled-as-drone-enters-romanian-airspace

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https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/where-and-how-putin-could-expand-his-war-in-europe-beyond-ukraine/

Russian drone incidents (September 2025)
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Sources
German GDP data 2019-2025
https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/10/23/germanys-much-ballyhooed-autumn-of-reforms-is-a-damp-squib

Germany polls
https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/germany/
https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/08/31/how-the-alternative-for-germany-would-govern

Revised destatis data
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https://substack.com/home/post/p-211829645

IMF estimates for GDP growth in 2026
https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDP_RPCH@WEO/EU/EURO/EUQ/IDN

Ifo institute data
https://www.ifo.de/en/facts/2026-06-18/ifo-economic-forecast-summer-2026-energy-price-increase-acting-brake-fiscal-policy
https://www.ifo.de/en/survey-results

Germany trade data
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https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/exports-to-china
https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/DEU/Year/LTST/Summarytext
https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/exports

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https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/manufacturing-pmi
https://www.ifo.de/en/survey-results

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