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18 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
The soaraway, undeclared, French, presidential campaign by the racist pundit Eric Zemmour is no longer soaring. A fourth opinion poll in ten days shows a small drop in support for Zemmour (who is in London tomorrow 👀) 1/4

lesechos.fr/elections/pres…
The Opinonway poll for Les Echos and Cnews (the right wing TV channel where Zemmour used to pontificate nightly) shows him dropping to 12% of voting intentions  before the first round next April 2/4
This is only a 1 point fall on last month but four different polls in a row have now shown Zemmour falling by 1 to 2 points after an unbroken rise in Sept and Oct (reaching as high as 18% in one survey) 3/4
Other scores: @EmmanuelMacron is stable on 24-25%; Marine Le Pen rises slightly to 19-21%; Xavier Bertrand on 13% is the strongest of the contenders in the closed centre-right primary on 4 Dec. Michel Barnier scores only 9%. The Left: still nowhere
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Momentum towards Article 16 has gone. If anything, it’s now in reverse.  Johnson and Frost are now going to call it in the new year. See where negotiations and land lies in January 1/
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Overwhelmed by frequency & variations of French polls? Huff Post has performed a public service by averaging leading polls over many months. It has arranged trends into a fascinating, moving graphic showing changing configurations of the major players 1/

huffingtonpost.fr/entry/presiden…
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9 Nov
To dissuade UKG from triggering Article 16, EU is drawing up a package of short/medium term retaliatory measures which cd be put to @DavidGHFrost by @MarosSefcovic on Fri. As one senior official says: "In order to avoid escalation, you have to demonstrate escalation dominance" 1/
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It will still be a bit of time before Govt notifies EU on A16. Suspect early Dec. Not because UKG thinks negs w/EU might still deliver. It doesn't. But bc it wants to ensure A16 move is as legally watertight as possible - domestically & internationally 1/

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