Re: France’s SNCF orders 83 Bombardier trains for $968-million
Author: Max Wyss
Date: 06-25-2017 - 01:21
France 2 used to be Antenne 2, and is considered to be a reasonable news source, and it is freely available in the ADSL/TV packages (whereas France 1 is payant…).
Anyway, the US equivalent of the LePen / FN supporters are Trump supporters… 'nuff said…
Fortunately, the French election system has space for protest votes, but it also makes it quite difficult for demagogues and populists to get to power. There needs to be some level of concordance, which is IMHO a good sign.
I think LREM can not really be put in a "right-left" scheme, as their members come from a relatively wide background, and many are well to very well educated, but not blinded by ideology.