French voters face a stark choice at the polls, but many are saying ‘non’ to both candidates.
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The first round of the French presidential elections leaves the country’s party system in tatters and voters divided along three poles. What will happen in the second round is now anyone’s guess.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon was the great success story of the first round. The question now becomes – who gets his votes in the second?
The dynamics of the “strategic vote” in France have amplified the restructuring of the political field around three major poles: centrist, identitarian and far left.
While many progressive movements have organised online, conservatives dominate because of better organisation, capital, and social inequality. France’s presidential elections are a case in point.
The president’s business reforms are not to everyone’s liking, but they seem to be producing results.
For the second time running, it is looking like the French presidential election will go to a runoff between centralist Emmanuel Macron and far-right Marine Le Pen.
There are 12 candidates in the first round of the campaign – two favourites, three outsiders and a host of people with no chance of making it to the second round.
Under fire for her past Russian links, Marine Le Pen may still be within reach of the second round of the French presidential elections thanks to her left-leaning economic agenda.
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The “rally round the flag” phenomenon has been an important fixture of political science. Will voter anxiety over war in Ukraine give president candidate Macron a definitive boost?
The French president continues to talk to Vladimir Putin but he doesn’t appear to have made much difference to the conflict so far.
A study shows that the ambition to strengthen social dialogue is yet to be realised in France.
Germany’s reliance on natural gas has undermined western unity in dealing with Russia, creating an opening for Vladimir Putin.
Bolder action is needed if the African Union and the European Union are to find common ground on migration.
The 2022 summit between the European Union and the African Union seeks to renew the intercontinental partnership with massive investments. However, structural patterns of inequality persist.
The tensions with Russia have forged a new unity in the North Atlantic alliance.
Charles de Gaulle created a system where a surprise candidate can upend the presidential elections in France. Will it happen in 2022?
A gap is widening between ordinary people and an elite they deem to be arrogant and disconnected from the realities French people face. In many minds, Macron epitomises this elite.
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Associate Professor in French and Francophone Studies, University of Nottingham
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Historien, Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)
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