Political life in France has entered a phase of all kinds of intra-party and inter-party consultations in view of the June parliamentary elections. The main issue in this election is whether the winner of the presidential election, Emanuel Macron, will continue to rule with control of the French National Assembly for another five years, or […]
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France of the three populisms
By Costas Raptis The first round of the French presidential election brought greater clarity and stability to the country’s political landscape. This is the seemingly paradoxical conclusion of the French anthropologist and demographer Emmanuel Todd, known for his observations on the social “deep structure” and the historical long scale, which allowed him e.g. to predict […]
France poll: 30% of left-wing Melanson voters will vote for Macron
France enters the final stretch for the election, on April 24, of the President of the Republic for the next five years, with Emanuel Macron appearing in all the “Ganian” polls. Many will certainly be judged by the televised duel of the two candidates next Wednesday, which is expected to be watched by more than […]
France polls: Melanson’s voters more inclined to favor Macron in second round
The fact that Melanson’s voters appear to be leaning more in favor of Macron and less in favor of Le Pen in the second round, while the projected “average turnout” is expected to reach 73%, a level very close to that of the first round (73.7% ), pollsters attribute Macron’s increasingly probable dominance in the […]
33% of Melanson’s voters will vote for Macron, compared to 23% who will vote for Le Pen
In defiance of his clear urge not to give “not a single vote to Marine Le Pen” 23% of left-wing candidate Jean-Luc Melanson’s voters appear, according to a rolling poll by the French Ifop institute, ready to vote for her in the second round of the presidential election France. 33% of Melanson’s voters say they […]
France: The candidates for the second round are in battle positions
At full speed for the second Round, the two Macron-Lepen gladiators are already on the track from today. Emanuel Macron, aware that he would have to expand his electorate, but also to destabilize Marin Lepen as much as possible, chose to move today to the north in Valenciennes, where for years Lepen comes first in […]
France – Presidential elections: The final results of the first round
Outgoing President Emanuel Macron is the winner of the first round of the presidential election having secured 27.85% of the vote, according to the final results announced by the Ministry of Interior. It is followed by far-right leader Marin Le Pen with 23.15% and radical left-wing candidate Jean-Luc Melanson with 21.95%. Abstentions reached 26.31%, the […]
