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Saturday, August 29, 2026
FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 404*LE PEN POLLS AS WINNER IN PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST*SAUDI MONEY FOR "DRAGONBALL Z" THEME PARKS*SEVEN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES IN FORUM*FRANCE'S CREDIT RATING STEADY*
(NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)
New polling last weekend put Marine Le Pen in a very favorable position to win the Presidential Election next spring.
The National Rally (RN) candidate well ahead in a first round of voting at 35-38 percent of the vote.
Her closet rival leftist Jean-Luc Melenchon of La France Insoumise (LFI) at 16-17 percent.
If the two moved onto a second-round Marine Le Pen would easily defeat Mr. Melenchon 64-36 percent.
Trailing in the polling and splitting votes centrists Edouard Philippe and Gabriel Attal and 14 and 8 percent of the vote respectively.
Socialist Raphael Glucksmann polling at 11 percent of the vote.
NEW POLLING OUT THIS WEEKEND DONE FOR BFM-TV CONFIRMING THE STRENGTH OF MARINE LE PEN.
SHE BEATS ALL POTENTIAL SECOND ROUND OPPONENTS INCLUDING THE BEST-POSITIONED CENTRIST EDOUARD PHILIPPE.
SEVEN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ON STAGE FOR A DEBATE THURSDAY.
THE POWERFUL EMPLOYERS LOBBY (MEDEF) ABLE TO BRING MARINE LE PEN, EDOUARD PHILIPPE, GABRIEL ATTAL , JEAN-LUC MELENCHON, RAPHAEL GLUCKSMANN TOGETHER ALONG WITH 'RIGHT' POLITICIAN BRUNO RETAILLEAU AND MARINE TONDELIER LEADER OF THE GREENS.
THEIR DEBATE WENT MORE THAN AN HOUR BEYOND ITS SCHEDULED CONCLUSION.
EACH OF THE SEVEN PRESENTING THEIR ECONOMIC IDEAS INCLUDING IDEAS TO DEAL WITH FRANCE'S SPIRALING DEBT THAT EXCEEDS 3.5 TRILLION EUROS (4.054 TRILLION US DOLLARS).
MELENCHON PITCHED THE NOTION OF WAIVING INTEREST PAYMENTS ON DEBT OWED TO THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK.
MARINE LE PEN ROLLED OUT NOTIONS OF SPENDING CUTS AND DEBT LIMITS INCLUDING CUTTING SPENDING ON IMMIGRATION AND THE EUROPEAN UNION.
LE PEN SUPPORTED A NOTION THAT MANY BELIEVE WILL INCREASE GOVERNMENT SPENDING.
SHE CALLED FOR ROLLING BACK THE PLANNED RAISING OF FRANCE'S RETIREMENT AGE TO 64 IT WILL REMAIN AT 62.
MR. RETAILLEAU OFFERED HIMSELF AS A RONALD REAGAN LIKE LEADER.
HE STRESSED A PRO-BUSINESS, SMALL GOVERNMENT AGENDA THAT WOULD 'PUT THE STATE AT THE SERVICE OF BUSINESS'...
On Friday Fitch Ratings Service kept France's credit rating at A+.
This followed last September's downgrading to A+ from AA-.
The latest rating report came with a "Stable Outlook".
Top concerns for Fitch Ratings remain France's political instability and high debt levels...Fitch Ratings Service
PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON AND SAUDI LEADER CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN ANNOUNCE THEME PARKS BASED ON JAPANESE 'DRAGONBALL Z' ANIME-MANGA SERIES
"DRAGONBALL Z" OPENING THEME
During Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to France early in the week it was announced that six billion Euros (6.997 billion US Dollars) worth of Saudi investment will go into three "Dragonball Z" themed parks.
They will be built on the site of a former amusement park northwest of Paris that closed 35 years ago.
It turns out that French President Emmanuel Macron and the Crown Prince are both "Dragonball Z" fans something discovered during a previous visit to Saudi Arabia by Mr. Macron...
And in Paris this afternoon a gathering of the "Historic Yellow Vests" much of it inside and around a table you will see discussion among the participants throughout the 2 hour 41 minute video...
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