Observers far from Paris consequently have been paying close attention to the two-round primary election of France’s center-right Republican party. Le Pen in a second round. Both are also anti-American: Mr. Fillon has promised “a serious confrontation with the United States” over its alleged domination of the European economy and opposes a transatlantic free-trade treaty. Le Pen in not favoring France’s withdrawal from the euro or a referendum on its E.U. That means that France’s election may end up being as unpredictable as that of the United States — and for the Western alliance, potentially fateful.

Source: Washington Post November 25, 2016 23:03 UTC