
French presidential election
12 | april | 2022
As polls suggested, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will face each other in the second round of the French presidential elections on April 24. However, the narrow advantage with which the incumbent president is starting against the far-right candidate, in an election marked by high abstention and poor electoral performance of the more traditional parties, has raised many questions in the French and international press about the future of the French political system and the impact on Europe.
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Resources
Programa Mapa Mundo - Eleições presidenciais em França [08/02/2022]
Catherine Moury & João Carvalho, TSF/IPRI-NOVA
En cartes: visualisez la recomposition politique entre les élections présidentielles de 2017 et 2022 [12/04/2022]
Pierre Breteau & Luc Martinon, Le Monde
Présidentielle 2022: 27,84% pour Emmanuel Macron, 23,15% pour Marine Le Pen... Découvrez les résultats définitifs [11/04/2022]
Le Figaro
La carte des résultats de la présidentielle 2022 : visualisez les votes commune par commune [11/04/2022]
Maxime Ferrer, Raphaëlle Aubert, Romain Imbach, Manon Romain & Léa Sanchez, Le Monde
Marine Le Pen et Emmanuel Macron, deux programmes diamétralement opposes [11/04/2022]
Adrien Sénécat & William Audureau, Le Monde
Découvrez, analysez et comparez les propositions des candidats
Institut Montaigne
Les sondages se sont-ils toujours trompés depuis 1995, comme l’affirme Eric Zemmour? [06/04/2022]
Les Décodeurs, Le Monde
En résumé, ce qu'il faut savoir sur les douze candidats à l’élection présidentielle [06/04/2022]
Maxime Vaudano & Adrien Sénécat, Le Monde
Francia: Candidatos y programas [31/03/2022]
CIDOB
France — 2022 presidential election voting intention
Politico
Quinquennat Macron: le grand décryptage [08/2021]
Institut Montaigne
Opinions & Analysis
Macron and Le Pen rematch over France’s global voice: in the choir or a monologue [12/04/2022]
Ian Bond, City A.M
Présidentielle: Macron – Le Pen, bloc élitaire contre bloc Populaire [11/04/2022]
Frédéric Mas, Contrepoints
French election: as Marine Le Pen makes it to second round, the left-wing vote is what troubles president Emmanuel Macron [11/04/2022]
Paul Smith, The Conversation
Macron Is In Danger [11/04/2022]
Celestine Bohlen, Persuasion
We need to think about a Le Pen presidency [11/04/2022]
Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
Le second tour dira au reste du monde qui nous voulons être [11/04/2022]
Jean-Marie Colombani, Slate
The strange death of the French Republican party [11/04/2022]
Benjamin Fox, EURACTIV
France is set for serious social unrest [11/04/2022]
Gavin Mortimer, The Spectator
What Would President Le Pen Mean For Europe? A Manifesto For Trouble [11/04/2022]
Ian Bond & John Springford, CER
Bienestar y malestar en Francia [11/04/2022]
Xavier Vidal-Folch, El País
Macron's Political Earthquake Keeps on Rumbling [11/04/2022]
Lionel Laurent, Bloomberg
Macron wins a reprieve — for himself and liberal democracy [10/04/2022]
E.J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post
Lecciones francesas [10/04/2022]
Máriam Martínez-Bascuñán, El País
Macron faces the fight of his life to win France’s presidential election [10/04/2022]
Tony Barber, Financial Times
Orbán, Le Pen... voters are sending a chilling message to Europe’s beleaguered centre [10/04/2022]
Will Hutton, The Guardian
Emmanuel Macron Is Playing a Dangerous Game [09/04/2022]
Didier Fassin, New York Times
Putin’s long shadow hangs over an unpredictable French election [09/04/2022]
Sylvie Kauffmann, Financial Times
Get ready for a scary fortnight in French politics: a Le Pen presidency really is possible [08/04/2022]
John Lichfield, The Guardian
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Bolsters Macron’s Pro-EU Platform Ahead of French Election [08/04/2022]
Nick Lokker & Jason C. Moyer, Wilson Center
Présidentielle 2022: Que proposent les candidats pour la défense? [08/04/2022]
Mahaut de Fougières, Institut Montaigne
Will The Scholz Chancellorship Turn Back The Clock In Franco-German Relations? [08/04/2022]
Jacob Ross & Roderick Parkes, DGAP
The storyline in the race for the French presidency [08/04/2022]
Atanu Biswas, The Hindu
All the President's Opponents: Challenging Macron from Right and Left [07/04/2022]
Yves Mény, ISPI
Is this Marine Le Pen’s moment? [07/04/2022]
Gabrielle Debinski, Gzero
Macron has delivered for his supporters [07/04/2022]
Nick Ottens, EU Observer
Présidentielle 2022: quels effets attendre des programmes sur les finances publiques? [07/04/2022]
Victor Poirier, Institut Montaigne
Macron Has Taken This Election for Granted [07/04/2022]
Gavin Mortimer, The Spectator
Après Macron, Le Déluge [07/04/2022]
James Traub, Foreign Policy
A Fistful of Votes: French Elections Amid Uncertainties and Disillusion [07/04/2022]
Marc Lazar, ISPI
‘Let’s be careful with the idea of a right-wing shift’ [07/04/2022]
Vincent Tiberj, IPS
Promises Kept? Macron’s Domestic Policy Review [07/04/2022]
Victor Poirier, ISPI
L’Europe puissance, enjeu de la campagne présidentielle [06/04/2022]
Christian Lequesne, The Conversation
Putin’s War Blows Up the French Election [06/04/2022]
Daniel Cohen, Project Syndicate
Présidentielle 2022: une élection jouée d’avance pour nos voisins européens? [06/04/2022]
Blanche Leridon, Institut Montaigne
La place de la laïcité dans les douze programmes présidentiels [06/04/2022]
Philippe Portier, Le Grand Continent
Macron se enfrenta al partido que más puede crecer en Francia: la abstención [06/04/2022]
Agathe Cagé, El País
The French left is stuck [05/04/2022]
Stéphanie Roza, IPS journal
La movilización republicana se esfuma [02/04/2022]
Oriol Bartomeus, El País
Could Marine Le Pen really win the French presidency? [31/03/2022]
Ido Vock, New Statesman
France's Far Right Turn [31/03/2022]
Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times Magazine
France has a chance to choose progressive ideals over hate and division [28/03/2022]
Rokhaya Diallo, Washington Post
El juego de la izquierda francesa donde todos pierden [25/03/2022]
Sami Naïr, El País
Macron could face left-winger in run-off as French voters turn focus to presidential election [22/03/2022]
Ido Vock, New Statesman
France’s presidential election: How the far-right could win [18/03/2022]
Pawel Zerka, ECFR
Souveraineté numérique : Bilan du quinquennat et propositions des candidats à la présidentielle 2022 [15/03/2022]
Alice Pannier, IFRI
War anxiety makes French voters rally round Macron. For how long? [14/03/2022]
Gilles Ivaldi, The Conversation
War in Ukraine Turns into Test Case for French Election Campaigns [14/03/2022]
Steven Philip Kramer, Wilson Center
Une certaine idée de l’Europe : quel leadership pour le prochain Président français? [09/03/2022]
Susi Dennison & Tara Varma, ECFR
Ukraine as Seen by France’s Presidential Candidates [07/03/2022]
Mahaut de Fougières, Institut Montaigne
Presidenciales bajo el espectro de la guerra [01/03/2022]
Paweł Zerka, Política Exterior
Élection présidentielle 2022 - (r)éveiller le débat [24/02/2022]
Victor Poirier, Institut Montaigne
Waiting for Macron [16/02/2022]
Daniel Cohen, Project Syndicate
France’s far right is a threat. But don’t ignore Macron’s problematic policies. [18/01/2022]
Rokhaya Diallo, Washington Post
Will a surprise candidate shake up the French election? [18/01/2022]
Olivier Guyottot, The Conversation
Macron’s 2017 victory was supposed to usher in a new politics – instead, France remains gripped by political crisis [11/01/2022]
Mathias Bernard, The Conversation
The Battle for the French Right [07/01/2022]
Daniel Cohen, Project Syndicate
The Wicked Son [05/01/2022]
David Haziza, Tablet
The French left is missing in action. That’s not only bad for France. [29/12/2021]
Robert Zaretsky, Washington Post
Will Valérie Pécresse Vanquish Macron? [14/12/2021]
Jonathan Miller, The Spectator
Zemmour Is the Future [04/12/2021]
Micah Meadowcroft The American Conservatives
The Ultra-Nationalist Éric Zemmour Makes a Bizarre Bid for the French Presidency [03/12/2021]
Adam Gopnik, New Yorker
Zemmour Channels De Gaulle, X-Men and Colin Firth [01/12/2021]
Robert Zaretsky, Forward
The Remarkable Rise of French Sovereignism [12/11/2021]
John Keiger, The Spectator
Eric Zemmour: Jewish heritage is a useful tool for the French far right [11/11/2021]
Hannah Rose, The Conversation
Éric Zemmour: the far-right polemicist’s ideas have a long history in France [18/10/2021]
Alain Policar, The Conversation
Bold, haughty, hyper: will Macron throw it all away as France fights for its future? [03/10/2021]
Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
Editorials
La présidentielle de 2022 illustre à nouveau les failles du système représentatif [12/04/2022]
Le Monde
Election présidentielle 2022 : pour le second tour, une responsabilité historique [11/04/2022]
Le Monde
Europa respira aliviada, de momento [11/04/2022]
El Mundo
«Macron, les défis d’une victoire» [10/04/2022]
Le Figaro
Présidentielle: Emmanuel Macron, la victoire par le vide sideral [10/04/2022]
Libération
Emmanuel Macron’s French Squeeze [10/04/2022]
Wall Street Journal
Why Macron matters [09/04/2022]
The Economist
Election présidentielle 2022 : les deux dangers d’un scrutin [08/04/2022]
Le Monde
Pour les électeurs de gauche, un grand gâchis et un scénario redouté [07/04/2022]
Libération
Présidentielle : puisque rien n’est joué, il est vital de voter dès le premier tour [07/04/2022]
L’Observateur
Marine Le Pen’s surge: alarm bells ring [06/04/2022]
The Guardian
French voters face a momentous choice [06/04/2022]
Financial Times
French election and rightwing populism [03/04/2022]
The Observer
Marine Le Pen, une menace à bas bruit [31/03/2022]
Libération
Francia: elecciones en Guerra [29/03/2022]
El País
French politics: the great moving right show [17/10/2021]
Financial Times
News
Les Français d’Afrique ont majoritairement voté Macron et Mélenchon [12/04/2022]
Aurélie Collas, Youenn Gourlay, Lilia Blaise & Théa Ollivier, Le Monde
France coupée en deux, effondrement des partis, vote utile... les cinq leçons à tirer du premier tour de la présidentielle [11/04/2022]
Dinah Cohen & Claire Conruyt, Le Figaro
La cigale Macron va chercher ses castors chez la tortue Mélenchon [11/04/2022]
Michel Becquembois, Libération
L'Allemagne inquiète face à la présidentielle en France [11/04/2022]
Hugo Flotat-Talon, DW
Présidentielle 2022 : le vote des catholiques se déplace plus à droite [11/04/2022]
Bénédicte Lutaud, Le Figaro
Présidentielle: Marine Le Pen gagne du terrain chez les sympathisants des syndicats [11/04/2022]
Leïla de Comarmond, Les Echos
French presidential election: Macron and Le Pen's differing run-off strategies [11/04/2022]
Abel Mestre, Le Monde
Un après-présidentielle délicat pour Anne Hidalgo à Paris [11/04/2022]
Laurent Thévenin, Les Echos
Présidentielle : entre Macron et Le Pen, pour qui les candidats battus appellent-ils à voter? [11/04/2022]
Les Echos
Macron and Le Pen restart campaigns with Mélenchon a potential kingmaker [11/04/2022]
Kim Willsher, The Guardian
5 takeaways from the first round of France’s presidential election [11/04/2022]
Laura Kayali & Victor Jack, Politico
Comment le PS a-t-il pu couler à ce point? [11/04/2022]
Vincent Bresson, Slate
El ‘tsunami Mélenchon’ complica aún más la reorganización de la izquierda tras las presidenciales francesas [11/04/2022]
Silvia Ayuso, El País
Why and how Le Pen could still win the French election [11/04/2022]
Emma Sofia Dedorson, EU Observer
La tripartition, clé de voûte du nouveau monde politique français [11/04/2022]
Gaël Brustier, Slate
Macron to Face Le Pen for President as French Gravitate Toward Extremes [10/04/2022]
Roger Cohen, New York Times
La participación en Francia cae cuatro puntos respecto a 2017 [10/04/2022]
Silvia Ayuso, El País
How Le Pen tried to soften image to reach French election runoff [10/04/2022]
Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian
Nerves for EU and NATO as Le Pen heads into second round clash with Macron [10/04/2022]
Clea Caulcutt, Politico
El descalabro de Anne Hidalgo dinamita los pilares del Partido Socialista francés [10/04/2022]
Silvia Ayuso, El País
France election: why it’s now or never for Marine Le Pen [09/04/2022]
Kim Willsher, The Guardian
Macron’s campaign problem: Too much president, not enough candidate [09/04/2022]
Elisa Braun & Maïa De La Baume, Politico
French election: Far-right Le Pen closes in on Macron ahead of vote [08/04/2022]
Lucy Williamson, BBC
Présidentielle: les consignes de vote pour le second tour, déjà un enjeu [08/04/2022]
Jannick Alimi, Le Parisien
Le Pen’s Late Surge Could Be Another French Revolution [08/04/2022]
Michele Barbero, Foreign Policy
Macron struggles to play Russia card in tight race against Le Pen [08/04/2022]
Clea Caulcutt, Politico
French election 2022: Misinformation spreads online ahead of the first round vote [08/04/2022]
Matthew Holroyd, Euronews
Valérie Pécresse ne donnera pas de consigne de vote pour le second tour de la présidentielle, mais dira pour qui elle vote [08/04/2022]
Le Monde
French election polls: who is leading the race to be the next president of France? [07/04/2022]
Angelique Chrisafis & Seán Clarke, The Guardian
Jadot et Hidalgo attaquent de nouveau Mélenchon; Dupont-Aignan moque « Emmanuel McKinsey »… Les infos politiques du jour [07/04/2022]
Le Monde
Who will win the 2022 French election? [07/04/2022]
The Week
What if you held a French election and nobody came? [07/04/2022]
Clea Caulcutt, Politico
Les erreurs des candidats à l’élection présidentielle sur la France dans l’OTAN [07/04/2022]
Gary Dagorn, Le Monde
The quest for égalité: What's at stake for women in the French election [07/04/2022]
Megan Clement, CNN
France Election Playbook: Who will show up? — Macron looks to the right — Loser loser [07/04/2022]
Jules Darmanin, Politico
Yannick Jadot et Anne Hidalgo attaquent de nouveau Jean-Luc Mélenchon et plaident le « vote de conviction », à trois jours du premier tour [07/04/2022]
Le Monde
The rise and rise of France’s far-right Marine Le Pen [07/04/2022]
Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian
Even Before France Votes, the French Right Is a Big Winner [06/04/2022]
Norimitsu Onishi & Constant Méheut, New York Times
Jean-Luc Mélenchon et ses hologrammes appellent à « la plus incroyable bifurcation politique» [06/04/2022]
Le Monde
¡Alarma! Le Pen puede ganar en Châteaudun [06/04/2022]
Enric González, El País
Tax fraud inquiry into consultancy firms launched as French election looms [06/04/2022]
Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian
Valérie Pécresse et Eric Zemmour se disputent déjà le leadership de l’après-scrutin [06/04/2022]
Le Monde
El populista Mélenchon se afianza como el favorito de la izquierda francesa [05/04/2022]
Marc Bassets, El País
Ukraine war boosted Macron, but far right surging ahead of French vote [05/04/2022]
Rick Noack, Washington Post
France election: Who's who in the race to unseat Macron? [05/04/2022]
Alice Tidey & Lauren Chadwick, Euronews
La Francia satisfecha también existe (y no vota a la extrema derecha) [05/04/2022]
Silvia Ayuso, El País
French Election Opens Up as Marine Le Pen Surges [04/04/2022]
Roger Cohen, New York Times
La socialista Hidalgo pugna en las presidenciales de Francia por su supervivencia, y la del PS [02/04/2022]
Marc Bassets, El País
France: Macron vows inflation relief at election rally [02/04/2022]
DW
El favorito Macron alerta de una victoria de Le Pen: “No os creáis los sondeos: nada es imposible” [02/04/2022]
Marc Bassets, El País
¿Qué proponen los candidatos franceses en materia de política exterior? [01/04/2022]
Sara Canals, ES Global
Marine Le Pen consolida su ventaja ante su rival ultra, Zemmour, y ya sueña con batir a Macron [31/03/2022]
Marc Bassets, El País
‘We are at a turning point’: as election looms, what is left of the French left? [31/03/2022]
Kim Willsher, The Guardian
Explainer: What's at stake in France's presidential election [30/03/2022]
Ingrid Melander, Reuters
Fractured France [29/03/2022]
The Economist
Présidentielle 2022 : la politique migratoire, un thème imposé dans la campagne électorale [28/03/2022]
Julia Pascual & Ivanne Trippenbach, Le Monde
French Far-Right Candidate Vows to Fight for Identity as Prospects Fade [27/03/2022]
Constant Méheut, The New York Times
Late Surge Has Fiery French Leftist Eyeing Presidential Runoff [26/03/2022]
Constant Méheut & Aurelien Breeden, The New York Times
French elections: Putin's war gives Macron boost in presidential race [19/03/2022]
Hugh Schofield, BBC News
Macron promete una rebaja fiscal de 15.000 M financiada con el retraso de la edad de jubilación [17/03/2022]
El Confidencial
Behind the Scenes, Billionaires Shape French Presidential Campaign [10/03/2022]
Norimitsu Onishi & Constant Méheut, The New York Times
All the French president’s men (and one woman) [03/03/2022]
Elisa Braun & Clea Caulcutt, Politico
Where is France’s anti-Kremlin candidate? [23/02/2022]
Maïa de la Baume, Politico
France pushes 'European way of life' amid Macron re-election bid [08/02/2022]
Andrew Rettman, EU Observer
Apathy and Anger in France’s Election Everytown [04/02/2022]
Léontine Gallois, The New York Times
Divided French left fight doomed race of their own [21/01/2022]
Hugh Schofield, BBC News
France’s Iron Lady [16/01/2022]
Michele Barbero, Foreign Policy
Valérie Pécresse, the Woman Who Could Beat Macron [10/12/2021]
Victor Mallet Financial Times
Zemmour Rises [03/12/2021]
Michael Brendan Dougherty National Review