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lost in postation
Aug 14, 2009

No scandal would have prevented Chirac from sampling the cheese and saucisson platters. Sad!

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Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
^^^ Hahaha

The best part is that his entourage was already there waiting for him and had no idea why he canceled at the last minute. Rude.

Edit: Mediapart says his wife is in police custody and the police is making a search... somewhere, according to a source close to les Républicains.

https://twitter.com/michel_delean/status/836866952438108161

Edit 2: Oh wait, another source close to the investigation is saying that's not true :iiam:

https://twitter.com/InterPJ/status/836873842219962369

Kassad fucked around with this message at 10:53 on Mar 1, 2017

Astroclassicist
Aug 21, 2015

https://twitter.com/LondonerVince/status/836873331806769152

Juppe to take over?

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
I don't think anybody really knows what's going on at this point.

LemonDrizzle
Mar 28, 2012

neoliberal shithead
fillowned

Flowers For Algeria
Dec 3, 2005

I humbly offer my services as forum inquisitor. There is absolutely no way I would abuse this power in any way.


Le Monde is reporting that he is being indicted.

LemonDrizzle
Mar 28, 2012

neoliberal shithead
https://twitter.com/youngvulgarian/status/836895163364573185

https://twitter.com/youngvulgarian/status/836890347192070144

https://twitter.com/youngvulgarian/status/836890942133129217

BabyFur Denny
Mar 18, 2003
One step closer to president LePen

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
Waiting for Fillon, a play by Samuel Beckett.

Flowers For Algeria
Dec 3, 2005

I humbly offer my services as forum inquisitor. There is absolutely no way I would abuse this power in any way.


BabyFur Denny posted:

One step closer to president LePen

Nope.
One step closer to a 35% score for Le Pen in the first round, though.

nimby
Nov 4, 2009

The pinnacle of cloud computing.



How will they handle this? Special emergency primaries?

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.

Flowers For Algeria posted:

Le Monde is reporting that he is being indicted.

Confirmed. He's going to be interviewed by judges on March 15.

Flowers For Algeria
Dec 3, 2005

I humbly offer my services as forum inquisitor. There is absolutely no way I would abuse this power in any way.


He's not bowing out! Insane

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

Such a loving great political suicide. The man is an insane narcissist.

Cat Mattress
Jul 14, 2012

by Cyrano4747
I'm glad this is happening to Fillon, but a little sad it didn't happen to Sarkozy back then. Or to Chirac. God, if it had happened to Chirac way back then, maybe we wouldn't have had Sarkozy and Fillon in the first place!

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
At least with Sarkozy, we may still get our wish. Someday.

BabyFur Denny
Mar 18, 2003

Flowers For Algeria posted:

One step closer to a 35% score for Le Pen in the first round, though.

Which is one step closer to president LePen

unpacked robinhood
Feb 18, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Toplowtech posted:

Such a loving great political suicide. The man is an insane narcissist.

Countdown to this having 0 effect at all on his ratings.

Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon
crooked françois stayin strong

LemonDrizzle
Mar 28, 2012

neoliberal shithead
I am looking forward to the next stage in the evolution of Fillon's campaign where he gets sent to pokey, breaks out, and periodically sends angry letters to news organisations while on the run to declare that he has not abandoned his candidacy.

e: while this strategy does not secure him a place in the second round, he does still come in ahead of Hamon and Mélenchon.

Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon
Socialo-communistes :argh:

unpacked robinhood
Feb 18, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
Un coup d'état institutionnel

Truga
May 4, 2014
Lipstick Apathy
You guys joke but here in the balkanistan slovenia, we had the leading guy in opposition candidate while on trial, get some 20% of the vote and then got taken from prison to parliament every now and then.

It was extremely funny.

Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon
eugene debs

lollontee
Nov 4, 2014
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

Truga posted:

You guys joke but here in the balkanistan slovenia, we had the leading guy in opposition candidate while on trial, get some 20% of the vote and then got taken from prison to parliament every now and then.

It was extremely funny.

lol his name?

Junior G-man
Sep 15, 2004

Wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma


Politico's got hold of Juncker's white paper on the future for Europe - there's 5 scenarios for you to mull over.

http://g8fip1kplyr33r3krz5b97d1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WhitePaper_POLITICO.pdf

Namarrgon
Dec 23, 2008

Congratulations on not getting fit in 2011!

Junior G-man posted:

Politico's got hold of Juncker's white paper on the future for Europe - there's 5 scenarios for you to mull over.

http://g8fip1kplyr33r3krz5b97d1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WhitePaper_POLITICO.pdf

This layout looks like it was designed by a schizophrenic off their meds.

Hambilderberglar
Dec 2, 2004

Junior G-man posted:

Politico's got hold of Juncker's white paper on the future for Europe - there's 5 scenarios for you to mull over.

http://g8fip1kplyr33r3krz5b97d1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WhitePaper_POLITICO.pdf
Wish the formatting wasnt wonky, or is it just me who's got some partially hosed looking graphs?

Junior G-man
Sep 15, 2004

Wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma


It's a pre-release, leaked version; I thought that was obvious. There's words in there, just less pretty pictures.

Truga
May 4, 2014
Lipstick Apathy

lollontee posted:

lol his name?

Janez Janša: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janez_Jan%C5%A1a

Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

unpacked robinhood posted:

Countdown to this having 0 effect at all on his ratings.
it's more the death of his honest campaign priest persona, of course the right-wing can vote and elect a guilty corrupt man.

Lord of the Llamas
Jul 9, 2002

EULER'VE TO SEE IT VENN SOMEONE CALLS IT THE WRONG THING AND PROVOKES MY WRATH
Even if he just loses 1-2 points to Macron and 1-2 to Le Pen he's going to be at risk of coming behind Hamon.

you feelin fucky
May 23, 2009

Junior G-man posted:

Politico's got hold of Juncker's white paper on the future for Europe - there's 5 scenarios for you to mull over.

http://g8fip1kplyr33r3krz5b97d1.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WhitePaper_POLITICO.pdf

:2bong::2bong:

Namarrgon
Dec 23, 2008

Congratulations on not getting fit in 2011!

Junior G-man posted:

It's a pre-release, leaked version; I thought that was obvious. There's words in there, just less pretty pictures.

It was. Still funny though;

Cat Mattress
Jul 14, 2012

by Cyrano4747
Looks like a poor scan that went through a hasty OCR.

lost in postation
Aug 14, 2009



Wonky scan or refreshing honesty? You decide!

e: ah wait no, that's on the "a few countries do more" scenario - seems intentional then.

lost in postation fucked around with this message at 14:41 on Mar 1, 2017

Kassad
Nov 12, 2005

It's about time.
That awkward moment when a presidential candidate has to be reminded by the current president not to trash talk the judiciary.

https://twitter.com/fhollande/status/836956281709658116

Ah, and somebody nailed Emmanuel Macron in the head with an egg:

https://twitter.com/maxenceLP9/status/836950771996504064

Kassad fucked around with this message at 16:23 on Mar 1, 2017

LemonDrizzle
Mar 28, 2012

neoliberal shithead
https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedFRpol/status/836946193871749123

Recorded today, at an agricultural show, after Fillon's press conference and the announcement of the formal investigation into his corruption.

GaussianCopula
Jun 5, 2011
Jews fleeing the Holocaust are not in any way comparable to North Africans, who don't flee genocide but want to enjoy the social welfare systems of Northern Europe.
It's kinda funny that two presidential candidates in France potentially face jail time but are still clearly ahead of Mr. "Income tax for robots" and the other leftists.

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Cat Mattress
Jul 14, 2012

by Cyrano4747

LemonDrizzle posted:

Recorded today, at an agricultural show, after Fillon's press conference and the announcement of the formal investigation into his corruption.

Rednecks gonna redneck, what do you want to do about it?

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