LePen Euro Panic Over – “For Now”

LePen Euro Frexit Panic Over – “For Now”

by John Stepek, Editor of Money Week

OK, drama’s over.

The French election has turned out pretty much exactly as expected.

For all that some of the papers are leading with “French revolution” headlines, the reality is that a face-off between the right-wing Marine Le Pen of the Front National and independent/socialist candidate Emmanuel Macron of En Marche! has been on the cards for months now.

LePen and Gold bars (Metalor 100g). Concerns about Frexit and the end of the euro has seen strong demand for gold in France and throughout jittery EU countries

So what happens now? And what does it mean for your money?

Looks as though Macron will win the French presidency

Emmanuel Macron, the French Tony Blair, won about 24% of the votes in yesterday’s first round of the French presidential election. Marine Le Pen, the French Nigel Farage, won around 22%.

They go through to the final round on 7 May. The rest of the candidates are out of the race.

Who will win?