As a French guy, I really don't get why every foreigner seems so worried about Le Pen winning this election (even here in Japan several people talked to me about it). SHE CAN'T. The last time a Le Pen went to the second round (her father 15 years ago), he lost worse than 80/20. Everyone will go to vote Macron to block Le Pen, it will more likely be a 70/30 round (she's more popular than her father). "Who won the first round" doesn't matter at all here, it's a detail. We could maybe talk seriously about Le Pen winning in 10-15 more years if things keep getting worse. It's too early. Her only chance would be that everyone think the same thing and won't vote, but that's unlikely.
But the real question is about the parliament elections in a month. Le Pen as usual almost won't get any seat, but Macron himself doesn't have a strong party to back him up, so I'm not sure he'll get a majority. We could still get a classic right-wing parliament, and so government. We'll see...








