| ID | 155346 |
| Title Proper | France's geopolitical choice |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Chernega, V |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | THE FRENCH MEDIA wrote about the 2017 presidential campaign in France as unprecedented: for the first time in the history of the Fifth Republic, it was neck-and-neck race of four candidates in the first round of election. Emmanuel Macron who posed as an independent candidate got 24.1% of the votes; President of the National Front Marine Le Pen. 21.3%; nominee of the Republicans Fran�ois Fillon finished with 20.1%. and the leader of extreme left Jean-Luc Mélenchon with 19.58% was the last of the four at the finishing line.1 The extent of disorientation of the French electorate and the unprecedented split were amply confirmed in the second round by the fairly good results of Marine Le Pen (33.9%) confronted by practically all political forces of France; by the much lower turnout - 74.56% against 77.77% in the first round - and a much bigger share of votes blancs: 4.86 million or 11.52%. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Affairs (Moscow) Vol. 63, No.4; 2017: p.73-80 |
| Journal Source | International Affairs (Moscow) Vol: 63 No 4 |
| Key Words | France ; Presidential Election ; Election Campaign |