{"id":99569,"date":"2017-04-24T01:05:31","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T05:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=99569"},"modified":"2017-04-24T01:05:31","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T05:05:31","slug":"french-citizens-in-montreal-express-mixed-reactions-to-early-election-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/24\/french-citizens-in-montreal-express-mixed-reactions-to-early-election-results\/","title":{"rendered":"French citizens in Montreal express mixed reactions to early election results"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At a French cultural centre in Montreal, both applause and boos rang out as a French TV station announced its projections just after the vote closed at 2 p.m. (Photo: Philippe Du Berger\/ Flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MONTREAL \u2013French nationals in Montreal expressed mixed reactions on Sunday as preliminary results showed far-right leader Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel\u00a0Macron\u00a0leading in the first round of France’s presidential election.<\/p>\n

At a French cultural centre in Montreal, both applause and boos rang out as a French TV station announced its projections just after the vote closed at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

While some expressed disappointment that Le Pen would be moving on to the second round, others said they were reassured that\u00a0Macron\u00a0was remaining in the race instead of conservative Francois Fillon, or far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m more or less surprised, rather relieved,\u201d said Victoire Gonzalez, one of the hundred or so people who gathered at the Union Francaise to watch the results.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was really scared of a Fillon-Le Pen.\u00a0Macron, I’m relieved because I think he’ll succeed in rallying quite a few people,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Many of the voters who spoke to The Canadian Press said they weren’t overly enthusiastic about\u00a0Macron\u00a0but believed he would eliminate Le Pen in the second round.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes me a bit sad that Marine Le Pen got through,\u201d said a voter named Stephane, who preferred not to give his last name. \u201cAnd\u00a0Macron, I don’t really have confidence in him either.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just have to pick a side and go for it 100 per cent. It’s one or the other, but not the candidates I would have preferred,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Francois Brutley, who moved to Montreal a week ago, said he was happy to see Fillon excluded after his campaign was hit by a number of embarrassing scandals.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s more of a defeat from him than a victory for Emmanuel\u00a0Macron,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, several thousand French nationals queued up for hours in Montreal’s Outremont borough in order to cast their votes.<\/p>\n

They will be able to take part in the second round on May 6, a day ahead of the official vote in France which will determine the country’s next president.<\/p>\n

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