I agree with you, anc, apart from a minor detail.
No chap called Le Pen is running either in the first or the second round lol
tis a lady, a woman, who looks up to Joan of Arc as her champ, which is not good news for British (English?) expats. Marine is the fille de Jean Marie. Jean Marie is a man (honest) and a toughie (where did the Americans get the idea of the French as cheese-eating surrender monkies? some of them scare me just when they appear)
Marine got beat but scored so many votes that Sarky (and maybe Hollande) are going to be chasing the racist card.