Tag: 2022 French Presidential Election
Historic coalition marks paradigm shift for French left ahead of June legislative elections
France’s Socialist, Green, Communist and far-left parties have joined forces in an unlikely but historic alliance ahead of legislative elections on June 12 and 19. After a first-round presidential election…
Macron beats Le Pen again as France rallies once more against the far right
French President Emmanuel Macron has once again seen off his far-right rival Marine Le Pen to secure five years more years at the helm of Europe’s second economy. But the…
In France’s unhappy democracy, voting for ‘lesser evil’ is a bitter pill to swallow
For the third time in the past five presidential elections, millions of French citizens are preparing to cast their ballots not in favour of a candidate but to keep another…
Doomed Socialist favourite laughs off threat of Le Pen in presidential final
Any presidential campaign has its emblematic moments that change the course of the race, be they breathtaking instant tide-turners or incidents laden with meaning only in hindsight. With French voters…
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the veteran leftist standing in way of Macron-Le Pen rematch
In the space of a decade, Jean-Luc Mélenchon bounced back from a lifetime on the fringes of the Socialist Party to become the dominant force in France’s post-Socialist left. As…
Macron seeks to fire up voters, coax leftists onside amid far-right challenge
Just weeks ago, Emmanuel Macron’s chances of not running away with the French presidential election looked about as likely as April snow in Paris. And yet wintry winds blew anew…
Will France’s Yellow Vests come back to haunt Macron on election day?
The most potent protest movement in recent French history, the Yellow Vest uprising looked at one point like it might bring a premature end to Emmanuel Macron’s presidency. More than…
Could Le Pen’s blandest campaign be her most successful yet?
Unruffled by defections and the rise of a far-right challenger, Marine Le Pen has steadied her ship in the final stretch of France’s presidential campaign, pulling ahead of rivals as…
After Brexit betrayal, British-born comic takes first vote as a Frenchman seriously (mostly)
Stand-up comic Ian Moore was living the Platonic ideal of a European life – travelling from the pastoral calm of his family home in rural France to weekly gigs in…
Paris Agricultural Fair is time-honoured ritual for presidential candidates
Affectionately known as the “biggest farm in France”, the Paris International Agricultural Show, a nine-day fair spread over a vast exhibition lot on the French capital’s southwestern edge, is the…
Pushing far-right agenda, French news networks shape election debate
In a presidential campaign dominated by far-right pundit Eric Zemmour, some of France’s leading news networks stand accused of fostering his Elysée Palace run and plugging his hardline agenda on crime, immigration and Islam.…
French Communists bounce back with recipe for ‘happy days’
France’s century-old Communist Party is showing signs of a renaissance in the run-up to April presidential elections, propelled by a charismatic candidate who promises happier days for a famously morose…
How does France’s two-round presidential election work?
French voters will go to the polls to elect a new president – or re-elect incumbent centrist Emmanuel Macron – in two Sunday rounds on April 10 and 24. How…