The French Election now seems to look more like Marine Le Pen vs a collapsing French establishment. Already, four established candidates for the presidency — two former presidents and two former prime ministers — have after being hit by Hillary-like scandal backed out or been rejected by the voters.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has just been ordered to stand trial for corruption on charges of illegally financing his failed 2012 re-election campaign.
François Fillon seen recently as the favorite is being accused of taking almost a million euros of taxpayer money, with little evidence they did any work in return, so much so that now two-third of voters want him to drop out.
Emmanuel Macron another favorite is now being forced to deny rumors that he is enjoying an extra-marital gay affair with a high-profile media chief. Mr Macron has particular appeal to young people in France, who are impressed by his modern, anti-establishment image. He is a former tax inspector and Roths...