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The French have voted for the lesser of two evils

25 April 2022

4:30 AM

25 April 2022

4:30 AM

Few scenes of jubilation as Emmanuel Macron was re-elected President. French voters held their noses and voted without evident enthusiasm for five more years.

French exit predictions, based on actual voting, not exit polls, are invariably lethally on target. As the polls closed they forecast 57.6 per cent for Macron, 42.4

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