Paris— Voters in France are at the polls Sunday for the first of two rounds of an election to select 577 members of the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament. The snap elections were called by President Emmanuel Macron on June 9 after his ruling Renaissance party performed...
Macron has three years remaining on his presidential term. Attal made clearer than ever his disapproval of Macron's shock decision to call the election, saying “I didn't choose this dissolution" of the outgoing National Assembly, where the president's centrist al...
Who will win the 2017 French presidential election? Latest opinion polls as Le Pen battles Macron on 7th May
THE POLLS — REVIEW THE POLLS IN THE 2002 FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION : AN AUTOPSY How to Determine if the Polls Have Gone Wrong : Assessing Poll AccuracyJospin, LionelPen, Jeanmarie Le
A surprise election For many within Renaissance, the most surprising aspect of the decision to call a snap election was the timing. After two years of minority government and the passage of unpopular policies such as the pensions reform, Renaissance was floundering in the polls. The moderate righ...
Emmanuel Macron’s 32-percentage-point victory in France’s presidential election runoff may end up being touted as a triumph for French pollsters, who consistent…
He added that Le Pen's goal remains to be seen as a responsible actor in the run-up to her renewed presidential candidacy in 2027. "The leftist alliance, conversely, owes its name and its existence to the idea that the values of the republic must be defended against the surge in ...
French incumbent President Emmanuel Macron attends a rally after the presidential runoff in Paris, France, on April 24, 2022. (Xinhua/Gao Jing) According to two polls published Sunday evening by French daily Le Figaro, 63 percent and 56 percent of those questioned do not want Macron to have ...
The president, meantime, said he wouldn’t resign until his full term had ended. While the left has called on Macron to step down, he can’t be forced out of his job. The next presidential election is set for 2027 and Le Pen remains the frontrunner, according to polls. ...
Presidential electionsMethodsCandidatesSuspicion towards polls in France has come to a maximum after their failure in predicting Le Pen's qualification to the second round of the 2002 presidential election. Despite general satisfaction with polls in 2007, we show that their performance is in fact not...