Macron and Le Pen vote in the second round of the French presidential elections | Globalism

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Macron voted in the town of Le Touquet, where he greeted supporters and posed for photos before casting his vote. Earlier, Marine Le Pen had already voted in the town of Henin-Beaumont, where she also received support from her constituents.

Vote counting begins around noon, Brasilia time, and the first results should be announced at 15:00 (20:00 in France), when the last polling stations close.

Macron and Le Pen after 5 years

Five years after the first presidential race between Macron and Le Pen, France is not the same country.

The first half of Macron’s government saw social protests, a pandemic locked millions of people in their homes, and the Russian offensive in Ukraine shook the European continent hard.

The ongoing war in Eastern Europe permeated the campaign, although “purchasing power was the number one concern,” Mathieu Gallard, from Ipsos France, told France Bleu radio, who is experiencing “great disappointment” among the population, which is reflected. in the electoral race.

In 2017, Emmanuel Macron won the second round of elections in France with 66% of the vote. That year, Marine Le Pen conceded defeat shortly after the polls announced.

Opinion polls point to Macron winning

Polls on Friday (22), the last day the law allows disclosure, suggested Macron should win again, but by a smaller margin. Here are some predictions:

• Emmanuel Macron (in March): 55.5%
• Marine Le Pen (national meeting): 44.5%

• Emmanuel Macron (in March): 55%
• Marine Le Pen (national meeting): 45%

• Emmanuel Macron (in March): 57%
• Marine Le Pen (national meeting): 43%

However, Macron’s victory should not be treated as a certainty: in the last elections, in 2017, opinion polls missed the results by nine percentage points.

If he wins again, Macron will rule a divided country, as only a large portion of his electorate vote for him due to lack of choice, according to a BVA poll, noting that 66% want him to lose his parliamentary majority in the legislature. Elections in June.

Macron used the argument of being a stable president in times of crisis and a reformer. Le Pen chose to present herself as an advocate for the purchasing power of the French, in the context of concern about rising energy and food prices.

Roughly 49 million French have in their hands the choice of the France they want by 2027, a decision that could imply a change in the international alliances of this nuclear and economic power, if the heir to the National Front is elected.

Le Pen proposes to include in the constitution the name “National Priority” Excluding foreigners from government social benefits, and advocates abandoning the integrated North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and reducing the powers of the European Union.