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Presidential: "An American suspense"

2020-11-02T20:11:45.558Z


The Figaro editorial, by Philippe Gélie.Outside of the World Cup finals, there is hardly any planetary suspense comparable to the US presidential election. Attention probably disproportionate when one considers that the match ultimately rests on a few thousand voices in Florida, Pennsylvania and half a dozen states that most foreign spectators cannot locate on the map. But this interest is amply justified with regard to the consequences


Outside of the World Cup finals, there is hardly any planetary suspense comparable to the US presidential election.

Attention probably disproportionate when one considers that the match ultimately rests on a few thousand voices in Florida, Pennsylvania and half a dozen states that most foreign spectators cannot locate on the map.

But this interest is amply justified with regard to the consequences: the choice of the most powerful man in the world will depend to a large extent on the future of the transatlantic relationship and of the multilateral system, not to mention military alliances, climate or trade policies ... rest of the world - Europe in particular - is playing big in the battle for the White House.

At the end of a corrosive campaign between two camps deaf to the arguments of the other, we would like to be able to breathe by simply declaring:

"May the best win ..."

But everything can still derail in a poll affected by the

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Source: lefigaro

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