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France’s big year — 2017

France’s big year — 2017

Dear European friends, please leave us alone (just a bit)

Seen from abroad, coverage of the French presidential elections seems to be squarely focused on how anti-EU the French population has…

Apr 28, 2017

Apr 28, 2017

France’s big year — 2017

What we learned from the first presidential debate

For the first time, a debate was held before the first round of the presidential election, bringing together the top 5 candidates. The lack…

Mar 21, 2017

Mar 21, 2017

France’s big year — 2017

Fillon and the art of political suicide

Yesterday, François Fillon surprised everyone by announcing that he would stay on as a candidate for the conservative party, in the face of…

Mar 2, 2017

Mar 2, 2017

France’s big year — 2017

Le Pen’s presidential program: make it rain!

French magazine Challenges obtained an advance copy of the presidential program that Marine Le Pen will present this weekend in Lyon. Of…

Feb 1, 2017

Feb 1, 2017

France’s big year — 2017

Why Penelopegate is a catastrophe for France

With the Socialist primary out of the way, the presidential field is now close to complete, with the exception of François Bayrou, the…

Jan 31, 2017

Jan 31, 2017

France’s big year — 2017

Is Manuel Valls taking everybody down with him?

The primaries are turning into a long nightmare for the French Socialist Party. The result of the first round has deepened internal…

Jan 27, 2017

Jan 27, 2017

France’s big year — 2017

Socialist party primary: hot takes

Benoît Hamon came out ahead of the first round of the Socialist primary last night, garnering 36% of the votes, a 5 point margin over…

Jan 23, 2017

Jan 23, 2017

France’s big year — 2017

Can Macron win it all?

Yesterday’s post explored the paths for Macron to make it past the first round. Today’s will focus on second round scenarios and Macron’s…

Jan 20, 2017

Jan 20, 2017

France’s big year — 2017

How far can Macron go?

Today’s post is dedicated to the scenarios surrounding how Macron can fare in the first round of the presidential elections. Tomorrow’s…

Jan 19, 2017

Jan 19, 2017

France’s big year — 2017

The imperfect Socialist primaries

Enthusiasm about the Socialist primaries is, euphemistically, quite low among the French population. A small amount of poll respondents…

Jan 12, 2017

Jan 12, 2017

France’s big year — 2017

France’s big year — 2017

Follow the French presidential and legislative elections with Martin Michelot, Deputy Director at EUROPEUM (Prague) and Martin Quencez, Fellow at GMF Paris.

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