[279] Le Pen and Matteo Salvini plan to hold a joint campaign meeting in Italy in mid-May, likely in Milan on 18 May.
et le MoDem", "Législatives : François Bayrou annonce avoir trouvé un projet d'accord "solide et équilibré" avec La République en marche", "Législatives : Gaspard Gantzer renonce à l'investiture d'En marche ! [262] Poisson reportedly threatened to launch his own list with Gave after being told he would appear in fifth position, rather than third as originally planned. [41], The National Front (FN), led by Marine Le Pen, ended its pre-investitures for the legislative elections in December 2016. French legislative elections took place on 21 and 28 March 1993 to elect the tenth National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. For his party, Nathalie Loiseau led the Renaissance list of La République En Marche!, Democratic Movement (MoDem), Agir, and the Radical Movement which ultimately arrived in second with 22.42% of the vote, behind the National Rally (RN) list led by the 23-year-old Jordan Bardella which received 23.34% of the vote, with a lower vote percentage but more overall votes than its 2014 result. [328], While the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) initially sought to ally with Lutte Ouvrière (LO), with its national political council of 6 and 7 October 2018 approving of the principle of an alliance by a 37–22 vote (with 5 abstentions and 10 non-participants),[47] talks broke down in November 2018. The average age of the candidates is 47 years, with near-gender parity and almost 80% of candidates already having a local mandate (i.e., within a municipal, departmental, or regional council), compared to a rate of barely 10% in 2012.
Legislative elections were held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (with different dates for voters overseas) to elect the 577 members of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic.
[312] On 13 February, Levavasseur announced that she would quit the RIC list, a week after a controversial meeting with Luigi Di Maio,[313] and announced on RTL on 11 March that she would not attempt to present a list. French legislative elections took place on 21 and 28 March 1993 to elect the tenth National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. The first round of the 2022 French presidential election will be held between 8 and 23 April 2022, with the second round held two weeks after the first. [51] The national council of the PCF on 30 and 31 March approved the principle of a "common platform" including various left-wing groups as well as members of civil society and intellectuals, postponing discussion of electoral strategy. [248] On 23 September, Dupont-Aignan officially announced that he intended to lead a "union list" of the right in the 2019 European elections,[249] and DLF officially concluded its alliance with the ECR on 21 December. [49] On 18 May, she confirmed that she would once again run in Pas-de-Calais's 11th constituency (where she lost by a hundred votes to Philippe Kemel in 2012), which includes Hénin-Beaumont (whose mayor is Steeve Briois of the FN) and where she received 58.2% of votes in the second round of the presidential election. [6], As the European elections are scheduled from 23 to 26 May 2019 and French votes are traditionally held on Sundays, the date of the 2019 European election in France was confirmed to be 26 May 2019. [71] On 16 May, the PCF published a list of 484 candidates invested in the legislative elections, refraining from appearing in a number of constituencies in favor of candidates from la France Insoumise, EELV, PS, or Ensemble!
", "Européennes : le RN se dote d'une équipe de campagne resserrée", "Européennes: Marine Le Pen va lancer un emprunt auprès des Français", "Européennes. [24], The decision of to split the debate on 22 May, hosted by France 2 and France Inter, into two separate segments provoked consternation among those invited to the second part, as did the choice not to invite the lead candidates of three of the principal lists (Bellamy, Loiseau, and Bardella) but their party leaders (Wauquiez, Guerini, and Le Pen) instead. [53] On 14 June, the PCF again called for a common list of the left in an open letter addressed to parties on the left, excluding the Socialist Party (PS). [79][80] The Popular Republican Union (UPR) of François Asselineau planned to present candidates in all 577 constituencies,[81] with 574 ultimately invested. Shahinyan also stepped down as campaign director, citing doubts. On 14 May, Brossat said he would file an appeal with the CSA to intervene in the debate, while Hamon castigated France Télévisions president Delphine Ernotte for the decision, with Lagarde, Dupont-Aignan, and Philippot also denouncing the arrangement. [330] On 18 February, the party reiterated its desire to be present in the elections, requiring a million euros to ensure its ability to do so. [256] Jeannette Bougrab also refused to join the list, while both Dupont-Aignan and Le Pen failed to recruit LR member Erik Tegnér. [348] Although it fell relative to 2014, elevated turnout also meant the RN also attained a new record vote total in the European elections.
[240] Marc Joulaud and Philippe Juvin are also not running for another term. "; though the full list of 577 investitures was to be published on 11 May,[12] Jean-Paul Delevoye, president of the investiture commission, later indicated that the total published that day would be "about 450". [156] The Greens, led by Jadot, also unveiled their plans for a "Green New Deal", a name borrowed from the American left, proposing dedicating 100 billion euros to investments in renewable energy and home insulation to achieve 100% electricity generation from renewables within 20 years. [347] Due to the Article 50 extension granted to the United Kingdom, 79 MEPs will be considered to have been officially elected, but only 74 will initially take their seats, with 5 "virtual" MEPs to take their seats upon the departure of the UK from the EU.[12].
The total number of remaining investitures to be concluded is 148.
[325], Many of Macron's supporters considered gilets jaunes lists desirable, given that an internal poll suggested that such a list would siphon votes from the opposition and increase turnout by engaging traditional abstentionists,[326] paradoxically strengthening Macron as a result. [37] The party ran in alliance with the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI), whose executive bureau on 7 March approved an accord with the Republicans reserving them 96 constituencies, including the 28 seats currently held by outgoing deputies, and preparing primaries in 42 constituencies between UDI and LR candidates. [342] In all, a total of 2,686 candidates were represented on these 34 lists, the number of which surpasses the previous record of 20 at the national level in the 1999 elections and the average of 24 lists per constituency in the 2014 elections. [9]
[279] Le Pen and Matteo Salvini plan to hold a joint campaign meeting in Italy in mid-May, likely in Milan on 18 May.
et le MoDem", "Législatives : François Bayrou annonce avoir trouvé un projet d'accord "solide et équilibré" avec La République en marche", "Législatives : Gaspard Gantzer renonce à l'investiture d'En marche ! [262] Poisson reportedly threatened to launch his own list with Gave after being told he would appear in fifth position, rather than third as originally planned. [41], The National Front (FN), led by Marine Le Pen, ended its pre-investitures for the legislative elections in December 2016. French legislative elections took place on 21 and 28 March 1993 to elect the tenth National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. For his party, Nathalie Loiseau led the Renaissance list of La République En Marche!, Democratic Movement (MoDem), Agir, and the Radical Movement which ultimately arrived in second with 22.42% of the vote, behind the National Rally (RN) list led by the 23-year-old Jordan Bardella which received 23.34% of the vote, with a lower vote percentage but more overall votes than its 2014 result. [328], While the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) initially sought to ally with Lutte Ouvrière (LO), with its national political council of 6 and 7 October 2018 approving of the principle of an alliance by a 37–22 vote (with 5 abstentions and 10 non-participants),[47] talks broke down in November 2018. The average age of the candidates is 47 years, with near-gender parity and almost 80% of candidates already having a local mandate (i.e., within a municipal, departmental, or regional council), compared to a rate of barely 10% in 2012.
Legislative elections were held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (with different dates for voters overseas) to elect the 577 members of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic.
[312] On 13 February, Levavasseur announced that she would quit the RIC list, a week after a controversial meeting with Luigi Di Maio,[313] and announced on RTL on 11 March that she would not attempt to present a list. French legislative elections took place on 21 and 28 March 1993 to elect the tenth National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. The first round of the 2022 French presidential election will be held between 8 and 23 April 2022, with the second round held two weeks after the first. [51] The national council of the PCF on 30 and 31 March approved the principle of a "common platform" including various left-wing groups as well as members of civil society and intellectuals, postponing discussion of electoral strategy. [248] On 23 September, Dupont-Aignan officially announced that he intended to lead a "union list" of the right in the 2019 European elections,[249] and DLF officially concluded its alliance with the ECR on 21 December. [49] On 18 May, she confirmed that she would once again run in Pas-de-Calais's 11th constituency (where she lost by a hundred votes to Philippe Kemel in 2012), which includes Hénin-Beaumont (whose mayor is Steeve Briois of the FN) and where she received 58.2% of votes in the second round of the presidential election. [6], As the European elections are scheduled from 23 to 26 May 2019 and French votes are traditionally held on Sundays, the date of the 2019 European election in France was confirmed to be 26 May 2019. [71] On 16 May, the PCF published a list of 484 candidates invested in the legislative elections, refraining from appearing in a number of constituencies in favor of candidates from la France Insoumise, EELV, PS, or Ensemble!
", "Européennes : le RN se dote d'une équipe de campagne resserrée", "Européennes: Marine Le Pen va lancer un emprunt auprès des Français", "Européennes. [24], The decision of to split the debate on 22 May, hosted by France 2 and France Inter, into two separate segments provoked consternation among those invited to the second part, as did the choice not to invite the lead candidates of three of the principal lists (Bellamy, Loiseau, and Bardella) but their party leaders (Wauquiez, Guerini, and Le Pen) instead. [53] On 14 June, the PCF again called for a common list of the left in an open letter addressed to parties on the left, excluding the Socialist Party (PS). [79][80] The Popular Republican Union (UPR) of François Asselineau planned to present candidates in all 577 constituencies,[81] with 574 ultimately invested. Shahinyan also stepped down as campaign director, citing doubts. On 14 May, Brossat said he would file an appeal with the CSA to intervene in the debate, while Hamon castigated France Télévisions president Delphine Ernotte for the decision, with Lagarde, Dupont-Aignan, and Philippot also denouncing the arrangement. [330] On 18 February, the party reiterated its desire to be present in the elections, requiring a million euros to ensure its ability to do so. [256] Jeannette Bougrab also refused to join the list, while both Dupont-Aignan and Le Pen failed to recruit LR member Erik Tegnér. [348] Although it fell relative to 2014, elevated turnout also meant the RN also attained a new record vote total in the European elections.
[240] Marc Joulaud and Philippe Juvin are also not running for another term. "; though the full list of 577 investitures was to be published on 11 May,[12] Jean-Paul Delevoye, president of the investiture commission, later indicated that the total published that day would be "about 450". [156] The Greens, led by Jadot, also unveiled their plans for a "Green New Deal", a name borrowed from the American left, proposing dedicating 100 billion euros to investments in renewable energy and home insulation to achieve 100% electricity generation from renewables within 20 years. [347] Due to the Article 50 extension granted to the United Kingdom, 79 MEPs will be considered to have been officially elected, but only 74 will initially take their seats, with 5 "virtual" MEPs to take their seats upon the departure of the UK from the EU.[12].
The total number of remaining investitures to be concluded is 148.
[325], Many of Macron's supporters considered gilets jaunes lists desirable, given that an internal poll suggested that such a list would siphon votes from the opposition and increase turnout by engaging traditional abstentionists,[326] paradoxically strengthening Macron as a result. [37] The party ran in alliance with the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI), whose executive bureau on 7 March approved an accord with the Republicans reserving them 96 constituencies, including the 28 seats currently held by outgoing deputies, and preparing primaries in 42 constituencies between UDI and LR candidates. [342] In all, a total of 2,686 candidates were represented on these 34 lists, the number of which surpasses the previous record of 20 at the national level in the 1999 elections and the average of 24 lists per constituency in the 2014 elections. [9]
[279] Le Pen and Matteo Salvini plan to hold a joint campaign meeting in Italy in mid-May, likely in Milan on 18 May.
et le MoDem", "Législatives : François Bayrou annonce avoir trouvé un projet d'accord "solide et équilibré" avec La République en marche", "Législatives : Gaspard Gantzer renonce à l'investiture d'En marche ! [262] Poisson reportedly threatened to launch his own list with Gave after being told he would appear in fifth position, rather than third as originally planned. [41], The National Front (FN), led by Marine Le Pen, ended its pre-investitures for the legislative elections in December 2016. French legislative elections took place on 21 and 28 March 1993 to elect the tenth National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. For his party, Nathalie Loiseau led the Renaissance list of La République En Marche!, Democratic Movement (MoDem), Agir, and the Radical Movement which ultimately arrived in second with 22.42% of the vote, behind the National Rally (RN) list led by the 23-year-old Jordan Bardella which received 23.34% of the vote, with a lower vote percentage but more overall votes than its 2014 result. [328], While the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) initially sought to ally with Lutte Ouvrière (LO), with its national political council of 6 and 7 October 2018 approving of the principle of an alliance by a 37–22 vote (with 5 abstentions and 10 non-participants),[47] talks broke down in November 2018. The average age of the candidates is 47 years, with near-gender parity and almost 80% of candidates already having a local mandate (i.e., within a municipal, departmental, or regional council), compared to a rate of barely 10% in 2012.
Legislative elections were held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (with different dates for voters overseas) to elect the 577 members of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic.
[312] On 13 February, Levavasseur announced that she would quit the RIC list, a week after a controversial meeting with Luigi Di Maio,[313] and announced on RTL on 11 March that she would not attempt to present a list. French legislative elections took place on 21 and 28 March 1993 to elect the tenth National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. The first round of the 2022 French presidential election will be held between 8 and 23 April 2022, with the second round held two weeks after the first. [51] The national council of the PCF on 30 and 31 March approved the principle of a "common platform" including various left-wing groups as well as members of civil society and intellectuals, postponing discussion of electoral strategy. [248] On 23 September, Dupont-Aignan officially announced that he intended to lead a "union list" of the right in the 2019 European elections,[249] and DLF officially concluded its alliance with the ECR on 21 December. [49] On 18 May, she confirmed that she would once again run in Pas-de-Calais's 11th constituency (where she lost by a hundred votes to Philippe Kemel in 2012), which includes Hénin-Beaumont (whose mayor is Steeve Briois of the FN) and where she received 58.2% of votes in the second round of the presidential election. [6], As the European elections are scheduled from 23 to 26 May 2019 and French votes are traditionally held on Sundays, the date of the 2019 European election in France was confirmed to be 26 May 2019. [71] On 16 May, the PCF published a list of 484 candidates invested in the legislative elections, refraining from appearing in a number of constituencies in favor of candidates from la France Insoumise, EELV, PS, or Ensemble!
", "Européennes : le RN se dote d'une équipe de campagne resserrée", "Européennes: Marine Le Pen va lancer un emprunt auprès des Français", "Européennes. [24], The decision of to split the debate on 22 May, hosted by France 2 and France Inter, into two separate segments provoked consternation among those invited to the second part, as did the choice not to invite the lead candidates of three of the principal lists (Bellamy, Loiseau, and Bardella) but their party leaders (Wauquiez, Guerini, and Le Pen) instead. [53] On 14 June, the PCF again called for a common list of the left in an open letter addressed to parties on the left, excluding the Socialist Party (PS). [79][80] The Popular Republican Union (UPR) of François Asselineau planned to present candidates in all 577 constituencies,[81] with 574 ultimately invested. Shahinyan also stepped down as campaign director, citing doubts. On 14 May, Brossat said he would file an appeal with the CSA to intervene in the debate, while Hamon castigated France Télévisions president Delphine Ernotte for the decision, with Lagarde, Dupont-Aignan, and Philippot also denouncing the arrangement. [330] On 18 February, the party reiterated its desire to be present in the elections, requiring a million euros to ensure its ability to do so. [256] Jeannette Bougrab also refused to join the list, while both Dupont-Aignan and Le Pen failed to recruit LR member Erik Tegnér. [348] Although it fell relative to 2014, elevated turnout also meant the RN also attained a new record vote total in the European elections.
[240] Marc Joulaud and Philippe Juvin are also not running for another term. "; though the full list of 577 investitures was to be published on 11 May,[12] Jean-Paul Delevoye, president of the investiture commission, later indicated that the total published that day would be "about 450". [156] The Greens, led by Jadot, also unveiled their plans for a "Green New Deal", a name borrowed from the American left, proposing dedicating 100 billion euros to investments in renewable energy and home insulation to achieve 100% electricity generation from renewables within 20 years. [347] Due to the Article 50 extension granted to the United Kingdom, 79 MEPs will be considered to have been officially elected, but only 74 will initially take their seats, with 5 "virtual" MEPs to take their seats upon the departure of the UK from the EU.[12].
The total number of remaining investitures to be concluded is 148.
[325], Many of Macron's supporters considered gilets jaunes lists desirable, given that an internal poll suggested that such a list would siphon votes from the opposition and increase turnout by engaging traditional abstentionists,[326] paradoxically strengthening Macron as a result. [37] The party ran in alliance with the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI), whose executive bureau on 7 March approved an accord with the Republicans reserving them 96 constituencies, including the 28 seats currently held by outgoing deputies, and preparing primaries in 42 constituencies between UDI and LR candidates. [342] In all, a total of 2,686 candidates were represented on these 34 lists, the number of which surpasses the previous record of 20 at the national level in the 1999 elections and the average of 24 lists per constituency in the 2014 elections. [9]
[279] Le Pen and Matteo Salvini plan to hold a joint campaign meeting in Italy in mid-May, likely in Milan on 18 May.
et le MoDem", "Législatives : François Bayrou annonce avoir trouvé un projet d'accord "solide et équilibré" avec La République en marche", "Législatives : Gaspard Gantzer renonce à l'investiture d'En marche ! [262] Poisson reportedly threatened to launch his own list with Gave after being told he would appear in fifth position, rather than third as originally planned. [41], The National Front (FN), led by Marine Le Pen, ended its pre-investitures for the legislative elections in December 2016. French legislative elections took place on 21 and 28 March 1993 to elect the tenth National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. For his party, Nathalie Loiseau led the Renaissance list of La République En Marche!, Democratic Movement (MoDem), Agir, and the Radical Movement which ultimately arrived in second with 22.42% of the vote, behind the National Rally (RN) list led by the 23-year-old Jordan Bardella which received 23.34% of the vote, with a lower vote percentage but more overall votes than its 2014 result. [328], While the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) initially sought to ally with Lutte Ouvrière (LO), with its national political council of 6 and 7 October 2018 approving of the principle of an alliance by a 37–22 vote (with 5 abstentions and 10 non-participants),[47] talks broke down in November 2018. The average age of the candidates is 47 years, with near-gender parity and almost 80% of candidates already having a local mandate (i.e., within a municipal, departmental, or regional council), compared to a rate of barely 10% in 2012.
Legislative elections were held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (with different dates for voters overseas) to elect the 577 members of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic.
[312] On 13 February, Levavasseur announced that she would quit the RIC list, a week after a controversial meeting with Luigi Di Maio,[313] and announced on RTL on 11 March that she would not attempt to present a list. French legislative elections took place on 21 and 28 March 1993 to elect the tenth National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. The first round of the 2022 French presidential election will be held between 8 and 23 April 2022, with the second round held two weeks after the first. [51] The national council of the PCF on 30 and 31 March approved the principle of a "common platform" including various left-wing groups as well as members of civil society and intellectuals, postponing discussion of electoral strategy. [248] On 23 September, Dupont-Aignan officially announced that he intended to lead a "union list" of the right in the 2019 European elections,[249] and DLF officially concluded its alliance with the ECR on 21 December. [49] On 18 May, she confirmed that she would once again run in Pas-de-Calais's 11th constituency (where she lost by a hundred votes to Philippe Kemel in 2012), which includes Hénin-Beaumont (whose mayor is Steeve Briois of the FN) and where she received 58.2% of votes in the second round of the presidential election. [6], As the European elections are scheduled from 23 to 26 May 2019 and French votes are traditionally held on Sundays, the date of the 2019 European election in France was confirmed to be 26 May 2019. [71] On 16 May, the PCF published a list of 484 candidates invested in the legislative elections, refraining from appearing in a number of constituencies in favor of candidates from la France Insoumise, EELV, PS, or Ensemble!
", "Européennes : le RN se dote d'une équipe de campagne resserrée", "Européennes: Marine Le Pen va lancer un emprunt auprès des Français", "Européennes. [24], The decision of to split the debate on 22 May, hosted by France 2 and France Inter, into two separate segments provoked consternation among those invited to the second part, as did the choice not to invite the lead candidates of three of the principal lists (Bellamy, Loiseau, and Bardella) but their party leaders (Wauquiez, Guerini, and Le Pen) instead. [53] On 14 June, the PCF again called for a common list of the left in an open letter addressed to parties on the left, excluding the Socialist Party (PS). [79][80] The Popular Republican Union (UPR) of François Asselineau planned to present candidates in all 577 constituencies,[81] with 574 ultimately invested. Shahinyan also stepped down as campaign director, citing doubts. On 14 May, Brossat said he would file an appeal with the CSA to intervene in the debate, while Hamon castigated France Télévisions president Delphine Ernotte for the decision, with Lagarde, Dupont-Aignan, and Philippot also denouncing the arrangement. [330] On 18 February, the party reiterated its desire to be present in the elections, requiring a million euros to ensure its ability to do so. [256] Jeannette Bougrab also refused to join the list, while both Dupont-Aignan and Le Pen failed to recruit LR member Erik Tegnér. [348] Although it fell relative to 2014, elevated turnout also meant the RN also attained a new record vote total in the European elections.
[240] Marc Joulaud and Philippe Juvin are also not running for another term. "; though the full list of 577 investitures was to be published on 11 May,[12] Jean-Paul Delevoye, president of the investiture commission, later indicated that the total published that day would be "about 450". [156] The Greens, led by Jadot, also unveiled their plans for a "Green New Deal", a name borrowed from the American left, proposing dedicating 100 billion euros to investments in renewable energy and home insulation to achieve 100% electricity generation from renewables within 20 years. [347] Due to the Article 50 extension granted to the United Kingdom, 79 MEPs will be considered to have been officially elected, but only 74 will initially take their seats, with 5 "virtual" MEPs to take their seats upon the departure of the UK from the EU.[12].
The total number of remaining investitures to be concluded is 148.
[325], Many of Macron's supporters considered gilets jaunes lists desirable, given that an internal poll suggested that such a list would siphon votes from the opposition and increase turnout by engaging traditional abstentionists,[326] paradoxically strengthening Macron as a result. [37] The party ran in alliance with the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI), whose executive bureau on 7 March approved an accord with the Republicans reserving them 96 constituencies, including the 28 seats currently held by outgoing deputies, and preparing primaries in 42 constituencies between UDI and LR candidates. [342] In all, a total of 2,686 candidates were represented on these 34 lists, the number of which surpasses the previous record of 20 at the national level in the 1999 elections and the average of 24 lists per constituency in the 2014 elections. [9]
[279] Le Pen and Matteo Salvini plan to hold a joint campaign meeting in Italy in mid-May, likely in Milan on 18 May.
et le MoDem", "Législatives : François Bayrou annonce avoir trouvé un projet d'accord "solide et équilibré" avec La République en marche", "Législatives : Gaspard Gantzer renonce à l'investiture d'En marche ! [262] Poisson reportedly threatened to launch his own list with Gave after being told he would appear in fifth position, rather than third as originally planned. [41], The National Front (FN), led by Marine Le Pen, ended its pre-investitures for the legislative elections in December 2016. French legislative elections took place on 21 and 28 March 1993 to elect the tenth National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. For his party, Nathalie Loiseau led the Renaissance list of La République En Marche!, Democratic Movement (MoDem), Agir, and the Radical Movement which ultimately arrived in second with 22.42% of the vote, behind the National Rally (RN) list led by the 23-year-old Jordan Bardella which received 23.34% of the vote, with a lower vote percentage but more overall votes than its 2014 result. [328], While the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) initially sought to ally with Lutte Ouvrière (LO), with its national political council of 6 and 7 October 2018 approving of the principle of an alliance by a 37–22 vote (with 5 abstentions and 10 non-participants),[47] talks broke down in November 2018. The average age of the candidates is 47 years, with near-gender parity and almost 80% of candidates already having a local mandate (i.e., within a municipal, departmental, or regional council), compared to a rate of barely 10% in 2012.
Legislative elections were held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (with different dates for voters overseas) to elect the 577 members of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic.
[312] On 13 February, Levavasseur announced that she would quit the RIC list, a week after a controversial meeting with Luigi Di Maio,[313] and announced on RTL on 11 March that she would not attempt to present a list. French legislative elections took place on 21 and 28 March 1993 to elect the tenth National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. The first round of the 2022 French presidential election will be held between 8 and 23 April 2022, with the second round held two weeks after the first. [51] The national council of the PCF on 30 and 31 March approved the principle of a "common platform" including various left-wing groups as well as members of civil society and intellectuals, postponing discussion of electoral strategy. [248] On 23 September, Dupont-Aignan officially announced that he intended to lead a "union list" of the right in the 2019 European elections,[249] and DLF officially concluded its alliance with the ECR on 21 December. [49] On 18 May, she confirmed that she would once again run in Pas-de-Calais's 11th constituency (where she lost by a hundred votes to Philippe Kemel in 2012), which includes Hénin-Beaumont (whose mayor is Steeve Briois of the FN) and where she received 58.2% of votes in the second round of the presidential election. [6], As the European elections are scheduled from 23 to 26 May 2019 and French votes are traditionally held on Sundays, the date of the 2019 European election in France was confirmed to be 26 May 2019. [71] On 16 May, the PCF published a list of 484 candidates invested in the legislative elections, refraining from appearing in a number of constituencies in favor of candidates from la France Insoumise, EELV, PS, or Ensemble!
", "Européennes : le RN se dote d'une équipe de campagne resserrée", "Européennes: Marine Le Pen va lancer un emprunt auprès des Français", "Européennes. [24], The decision of to split the debate on 22 May, hosted by France 2 and France Inter, into two separate segments provoked consternation among those invited to the second part, as did the choice not to invite the lead candidates of three of the principal lists (Bellamy, Loiseau, and Bardella) but their party leaders (Wauquiez, Guerini, and Le Pen) instead. [53] On 14 June, the PCF again called for a common list of the left in an open letter addressed to parties on the left, excluding the Socialist Party (PS). [79][80] The Popular Republican Union (UPR) of François Asselineau planned to present candidates in all 577 constituencies,[81] with 574 ultimately invested. Shahinyan also stepped down as campaign director, citing doubts. On 14 May, Brossat said he would file an appeal with the CSA to intervene in the debate, while Hamon castigated France Télévisions president Delphine Ernotte for the decision, with Lagarde, Dupont-Aignan, and Philippot also denouncing the arrangement. [330] On 18 February, the party reiterated its desire to be present in the elections, requiring a million euros to ensure its ability to do so. [256] Jeannette Bougrab also refused to join the list, while both Dupont-Aignan and Le Pen failed to recruit LR member Erik Tegnér. [348] Although it fell relative to 2014, elevated turnout also meant the RN also attained a new record vote total in the European elections.
[240] Marc Joulaud and Philippe Juvin are also not running for another term. "; though the full list of 577 investitures was to be published on 11 May,[12] Jean-Paul Delevoye, president of the investiture commission, later indicated that the total published that day would be "about 450". [156] The Greens, led by Jadot, also unveiled their plans for a "Green New Deal", a name borrowed from the American left, proposing dedicating 100 billion euros to investments in renewable energy and home insulation to achieve 100% electricity generation from renewables within 20 years. [347] Due to the Article 50 extension granted to the United Kingdom, 79 MEPs will be considered to have been officially elected, but only 74 will initially take their seats, with 5 "virtual" MEPs to take their seats upon the departure of the UK from the EU.[12].
The total number of remaining investitures to be concluded is 148.
[325], Many of Macron's supporters considered gilets jaunes lists desirable, given that an internal poll suggested that such a list would siphon votes from the opposition and increase turnout by engaging traditional abstentionists,[326] paradoxically strengthening Macron as a result. [37] The party ran in alliance with the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI), whose executive bureau on 7 March approved an accord with the Republicans reserving them 96 constituencies, including the 28 seats currently held by outgoing deputies, and preparing primaries in 42 constituencies between UDI and LR candidates. [342] In all, a total of 2,686 candidates were represented on these 34 lists, the number of which surpasses the previous record of 20 at the national level in the 1999 elections and the average of 24 lists per constituency in the 2014 elections. [9]
[2], In the first round of the presidential election, on 23 April, Emmanuel Macron of En Marche! [99] The movement indicated it was 600,000 euros short of financing its campaign, and considered soliciting donations via a "citizen bank". [304] Shahinyan was chosen as campaign director. [287], On April 24, close to the deadline for filing of lists, Philippot publicly called for a common list with Asselineau; according to L'Opinion, he delegated Thibaud Lonjon with the task of soliciting an alliance, offering 300,000 euros in additional financing for the list (which had then already raised around 1.2 million euros). The electoral system changed ahead of the 2019 election, with broad support in the French political class for a return to a national vote. The formation of two parliamentary groups on the right represented a symbolic divorce to the two threads on the right (the moderates and the hardliners) and the end of the old Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) which had been created in 2002 to unite the right and centre. She also further critiqued the plans as the El Khomri law "times a thousand", but calling not for demonstrations on the streets but a vote for the FN. [57], The first wave of 395 Socialist candidates for the legislative elections was invested on 17 December 2016, including a number who supported of the candidacy of Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election, such as Alain Calmette in Cantal's 1st, Olivier Véran in Isère's 1st, Jean-Louis Touraine in Rhône's 3rd, Corinne Erhel in Côtes-d'Armor's 5th, Richard Ferrand in Finistère's 6th, Jean-Jacques Bridey in Val-de-Marne's 7th, Stéphane Travert in Manche's 3rd, and Christophe Castaner in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence's 2nd constituency.
[279] Le Pen and Matteo Salvini plan to hold a joint campaign meeting in Italy in mid-May, likely in Milan on 18 May.
et le MoDem", "Législatives : François Bayrou annonce avoir trouvé un projet d'accord "solide et équilibré" avec La République en marche", "Législatives : Gaspard Gantzer renonce à l'investiture d'En marche ! [262] Poisson reportedly threatened to launch his own list with Gave after being told he would appear in fifth position, rather than third as originally planned. [41], The National Front (FN), led by Marine Le Pen, ended its pre-investitures for the legislative elections in December 2016. French legislative elections took place on 21 and 28 March 1993 to elect the tenth National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. For his party, Nathalie Loiseau led the Renaissance list of La République En Marche!, Democratic Movement (MoDem), Agir, and the Radical Movement which ultimately arrived in second with 22.42% of the vote, behind the National Rally (RN) list led by the 23-year-old Jordan Bardella which received 23.34% of the vote, with a lower vote percentage but more overall votes than its 2014 result. [328], While the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) initially sought to ally with Lutte Ouvrière (LO), with its national political council of 6 and 7 October 2018 approving of the principle of an alliance by a 37–22 vote (with 5 abstentions and 10 non-participants),[47] talks broke down in November 2018. The average age of the candidates is 47 years, with near-gender parity and almost 80% of candidates already having a local mandate (i.e., within a municipal, departmental, or regional council), compared to a rate of barely 10% in 2012.
Legislative elections were held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (with different dates for voters overseas) to elect the 577 members of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic.
[312] On 13 February, Levavasseur announced that she would quit the RIC list, a week after a controversial meeting with Luigi Di Maio,[313] and announced on RTL on 11 March that she would not attempt to present a list. French legislative elections took place on 21 and 28 March 1993 to elect the tenth National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. The first round of the 2022 French presidential election will be held between 8 and 23 April 2022, with the second round held two weeks after the first. [51] The national council of the PCF on 30 and 31 March approved the principle of a "common platform" including various left-wing groups as well as members of civil society and intellectuals, postponing discussion of electoral strategy. [248] On 23 September, Dupont-Aignan officially announced that he intended to lead a "union list" of the right in the 2019 European elections,[249] and DLF officially concluded its alliance with the ECR on 21 December. [49] On 18 May, she confirmed that she would once again run in Pas-de-Calais's 11th constituency (where she lost by a hundred votes to Philippe Kemel in 2012), which includes Hénin-Beaumont (whose mayor is Steeve Briois of the FN) and where she received 58.2% of votes in the second round of the presidential election. [6], As the European elections are scheduled from 23 to 26 May 2019 and French votes are traditionally held on Sundays, the date of the 2019 European election in France was confirmed to be 26 May 2019. [71] On 16 May, the PCF published a list of 484 candidates invested in the legislative elections, refraining from appearing in a number of constituencies in favor of candidates from la France Insoumise, EELV, PS, or Ensemble!
", "Européennes : le RN se dote d'une équipe de campagne resserrée", "Européennes: Marine Le Pen va lancer un emprunt auprès des Français", "Européennes. [24], The decision of to split the debate on 22 May, hosted by France 2 and France Inter, into two separate segments provoked consternation among those invited to the second part, as did the choice not to invite the lead candidates of three of the principal lists (Bellamy, Loiseau, and Bardella) but their party leaders (Wauquiez, Guerini, and Le Pen) instead. [53] On 14 June, the PCF again called for a common list of the left in an open letter addressed to parties on the left, excluding the Socialist Party (PS). [79][80] The Popular Republican Union (UPR) of François Asselineau planned to present candidates in all 577 constituencies,[81] with 574 ultimately invested. Shahinyan also stepped down as campaign director, citing doubts. On 14 May, Brossat said he would file an appeal with the CSA to intervene in the debate, while Hamon castigated France Télévisions president Delphine Ernotte for the decision, with Lagarde, Dupont-Aignan, and Philippot also denouncing the arrangement. [330] On 18 February, the party reiterated its desire to be present in the elections, requiring a million euros to ensure its ability to do so. [256] Jeannette Bougrab also refused to join the list, while both Dupont-Aignan and Le Pen failed to recruit LR member Erik Tegnér. [348] Although it fell relative to 2014, elevated turnout also meant the RN also attained a new record vote total in the European elections.
[240] Marc Joulaud and Philippe Juvin are also not running for another term. "; though the full list of 577 investitures was to be published on 11 May,[12] Jean-Paul Delevoye, president of the investiture commission, later indicated that the total published that day would be "about 450". [156] The Greens, led by Jadot, also unveiled their plans for a "Green New Deal", a name borrowed from the American left, proposing dedicating 100 billion euros to investments in renewable energy and home insulation to achieve 100% electricity generation from renewables within 20 years. [347] Due to the Article 50 extension granted to the United Kingdom, 79 MEPs will be considered to have been officially elected, but only 74 will initially take their seats, with 5 "virtual" MEPs to take their seats upon the departure of the UK from the EU.[12].
The total number of remaining investitures to be concluded is 148.
[325], Many of Macron's supporters considered gilets jaunes lists desirable, given that an internal poll suggested that such a list would siphon votes from the opposition and increase turnout by engaging traditional abstentionists,[326] paradoxically strengthening Macron as a result. [37] The party ran in alliance with the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI), whose executive bureau on 7 March approved an accord with the Republicans reserving them 96 constituencies, including the 28 seats currently held by outgoing deputies, and preparing primaries in 42 constituencies between UDI and LR candidates. [342] In all, a total of 2,686 candidates were represented on these 34 lists, the number of which surpasses the previous record of 20 at the national level in the 1999 elections and the average of 24 lists per constituency in the 2014 elections. [9]
