France's 2027 election setup is wild.

Bardella (Le Pen's guy) vs Mélenchon (far-left) could actually happen in the runoff. Recent polls show them tied.

Both are EU-skeptical. One's nationalist, one's backed by immigrant communities. Macron somehow ends up looking like the moderate.

Brussels is probably more worried about this than the street protests. If either wins, the EU's second-largest economy just became a problem child.

Paris used to be the EU's anchor with Germany. Now it's a coin flip between two people who don't care about Brussels' opinion.