{"id":6765,"date":"2017-04-22T09:31:19","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T08:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=6765"},"modified":"2017-05-07T09:47:10","modified_gmt":"2017-05-07T08:47:10","slug":"france-guide-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2017\/04\/22\/france-guide-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"France: A Guide to the Presidential Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2017\/04\/22\/france-guide-elections\/macron_le_pen_final\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6766\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6766\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/macron_le_pen_final.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/macron_le_pen_final.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/macron_le_pen_final-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Voters in France will go to the polls on April 23 to choose the country\u2019s next president in a two-step process. The top two winners in the first round will compete in a run-off on May 7.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>France: A Guide to the Presidential Elections<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/10262\/france-a-guide-to-the-presidential-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | April 22, 2017<\/p>\n<p>Voters in France will go to the polls on April 23 to choose the country\u2019s next president in a two-step process. The top two winners in the first round will compete in a run-off on May 7.<\/p>\n<p>The election is being closely followed in France and elsewhere as an indicator of popular discontent with mainstream parties and the European Union, as well as with multiculturalism and continued mass migration from the Muslim world.<\/p>\n<p>If the election were held today, independent centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron, who has never held elected office, would become the next president of France, according to most opinion polls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/10262\/france-a-guide-to-the-presidential-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voters in France will go to the polls on April 23 to choose the country\u2019s next president in a two-step process. 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