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Lee-Lee

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4. I just hope he delivers

Reply to redgreenandblue (Original post)

Mon May 8, 2017, 08:22 AM

May 2017

Because if he doesn't address some of the problems that got France this close to the brink, especially when it comes to rising crime and migrants, the next election may swing the other way and see something even more radical than Le Pen.

There is a whole, whole lot at stake not just for France but for the world on how well he can deliver change these next few years.

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