There were some regional elections last Sunday in the northernmost region of Germany; Schleswig-Holstein, which is up near Denmark. These were overshadowed by Macron’s election, it must be admitted. In these local elections, Merkel’s CDU […]
‘To those who have voted for me to bar the FN, I know its not a blank cheque… to those who voted for Ms Le Pen, they have expressed anger and disarray. I will do […]
Further to my article earlier today on the purpose of the legislative elections, (http://www.makemeaware.com/french-elections-not-president-elected/), here is a little more information on how one arrives at the figure of 577 seats in the National Assembly. What […]
Earlier in the week, Gideon Rachman in the FT said that politics is ‘no longer between left and right – but between nationalist and internationalist’. The world is going to be watching France over the […]
So the polls were right. For a while there after the terrorist shooting in Paris, I was pretty convinced that we may end up looking at a contest between Fillon and Macron, both of whom […]
Today is Friday. The first round of presidential elections in France takes place on Sunday. Most of the campaigns have now ceased although the far left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon is still at it. He’s doing […]
The above is a photograph of one of the candidates in the recent French presidential TV debates on Tuesday this week: Philippe Poutou. I liked his Gallic shrug. You’ll read more about him below. Image cited in sources below, […]
Opinion Way/Elabe Poll for Les Echoes Opinion Way poll shows support for all candidates is stable: Le Pen is at 25% Macron is at 25% Fillon is at 20% Melenchon is at 15% Hamon is […]
I haven’t done one of these in a while. Here you go: Latest Opinion Way poll shows support for Le Pen, Macron and Fillon stable at 26%, 24%, and and 20% respectively. Hamon is down […]
Wilders above left, Rutte above right. Some nice little quotes to start off with from the existing Prime Minister Prime Minister Mark Rutte, quoted in the Washington Post earlier today: ‘You could say these are the […]
