French voters went to the polls and chose Emmanuel Macron rather than Marine Le Pen to be France’s president.
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Emmanuel Macron, who beat the fascist Marine Le Pen in the final round of the French elections, was the consensus candidate around whom most of the French capitalist ruling class and its political representatives rallied.
Whether the fascist Marine Le Pen wins or loses in the second round of the French presidential elections on 7 May, the first round produced a profound upheaval in the country’s political landscape.
Charles de Gaulle, Brazzaville, 1944: “Self-government [restoration-of-African-independence] must be rejected – even in the more distant future”.
François Mitterand, Paris, 1998: “Without Africa, France will have no history in the 21st century”.