Americans living in France are preparing for a very long day, as the results of the US presidential election will not be known until next night from Tuesday to Wednesday in France.
A wait that also takes place in a special atmosphere, in full confinement.
The results of the US presidential election are expected overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday in France.
For Americans living in France, the next night promises to be long.
Whether it is Democratic candidate Joe Biden or incumbent Republican President Donald Trump, these expats are on the lookout.
And in very specific conditions this time, far from their country of course, but also confined and isolated.
"I have a war headquarters atmosphere, I do not have an election night atmosphere as I have known them", testifies Vanessa Biard-Schaeffer.
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"I have my Trump pin"
Its HQ?
A TV on Fox News, the pro-Trump channel, in the living room and an office to follow, on his computer, the reactions on social networks.
And in the absence of her usual entourage of election evenings, her republican activist paraphernalia will be little consolation.
"I have my Trump pin, a very big round pin with Trump on it that I was given. I also have my American earrings. I will obviously have it on me, but we will not be having an evening all together, convivial, around a buffet ... We will have to be separated from each other ", she regrets.
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"We would have loved to be in the United States with our Democratic friends"
Among the pro-Biden, we will rather spend the night glued to CNN.
And if the polls are true, Gilbert is already disappointed not to experience the fall of Trump in his homeland.
"In fact, we would have loved to be in the United States, there with all our Democratic friends, to possibly celebrate a landslide victory for our candidate. And we would throw the bottle of champagne, we would have celebrated, we would have shouted, cried, danced all night long, ”he is in despair.
But this night will be even more painful to live alone, he says, if Trump is elected again.