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It is now only 5 days before the French will vote again and elect their new President. Few random thoughts about what is going on.
In a press conference yesterday, Bayrou (who got 18% of the votes in the first round) officially announced he would not give voting guidances to his electorate for the second round of the presidential election on May 6th. His voters will have to decide by themselves how to split their votes … Continue Reading…
Less than 24 hours after the first round, both Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal are trying to reach out beyond their “natural” constituencies. They both need to convince Bayrou’s supporters (again, 18% of the electorate) to give them their voices on May 6th. They did it tonight in different ways … Continue Reading…
We know now who will be in the race for the second round of the French presidential elections: Sarkozy got around 30% of the votes, Royal around 25%. Those results need to be refined and the exact figures will be known around midnight European time today.
To be noted at this … Continue Reading…
According to latest polls, Nicolas Sarkozy would get 27% of the vote, followed by Ségolène Royal at 25%, François Bayrou at 19%, and Jean-Marie Le Pen at 15.5%. It seems likely that the two main, “big” candidates, Sarkozy and Royal, will make it to the second round. If this is … Continue Reading…
One week before the presidential election, the french newspaper Le Monde asked François Bayrou, Ségolène Royal, and Nicolas Sarkozy to give their opinion on the following foreign policy topics.
…described the French elections for a Washington, D.C., audience recently. You can also listen to an interview with him conducted by GMF’s John K. Glenn as part of GMF’s podcast series.
François Bayrou, candidate in the presidential race from the center-right, is threatening both Royal and Sarkozy. Polls show a consistent and striking rise in voting intentions in his favor: according to recent figures, Bayrou would get 23.5% of the votes in the first round, right behind Royal at 25.5% and … Continue Reading…
Yesterday, on French public TV, Nicolas Sarkozy, current interior Minister and candidate of the Conservative party UMP in the presidential race, argued in favor of the establishment of a new “Ministry for immigration and national identity”. This would be one of his first decisions as newly elected President.
Such an idea … Continue Reading…
Nicolas Sarkozy delivered an official speech on foreign policy today, March 28, in Paris. Here are the main highlights :