Current French Politics A brief quiz to warm ourselves up: Who is this person? Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy 2007- 2012 • Sarkozy – minister of interior 2002- 2004 and 2005-2007 (civil unrests 2005) • Anti-immigration and securitization rhetoric in the campaign and in office • Crisis of the Eurozone and French- German Leadership (‘Merkozy’) • Economics of state interventionism (dirigisme) • British and French operation in Libya 2011 turning down Kaddafi’ s regime • Prime minister François Fillon Presidential elections 2012 • Main candidates: • François Hollande (28.6 per cent in the 1st round; 51/6 in the 2nd round) • Nicolas Sarkozy (27.2 / 48.4) • Marine Le Pen (17.9) • Jean-Luc Mélenchon (11.1) • François Bayrou (9.1) Parliamentary elections 2012 Presidency of François Hollande • First secretary of PS 1997-2008 • Law on marriage of same-sex couples (2013) • Unpopular labour reform 2013 (Kurzarbeit) • January and November 2015 Paris and 2016 Nice terrorist acts • Economical and social difficulties • The least popular President of the 5th Republic • Prime ministers: • Jean-Marc Ayrault (2012-2014) • Manuel Valls (2014-2016) • Bernard Cazeneuve (2016-2017) The European Parliament elections 2014 Presidential elections 2017 • Main candidates: • Emmanuel Macron (24.0 / 66.1) • Marine Le Pen (21.3 / 33.9) • François Fillon (20.0) • Jean-Luc Mélenchon (19.6) • Benoît Hamon (6.4) Parliamentary elections 2017 • Effects of the electoral system: • http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/france.html Presidency of Emmanuel Macron • Graduated from ENA • Assisted to Paul Ricoeur • Member of PS 2006-2009 • Worked for the Rothschild Bank • Turning opinion on migration policies • Plans to reform the EU • 2018-2019 Yellow Vests • Édouard Philippe (Les Républicains ! Member of PS 1990-1992) The European Parliament elections 2019 Current French Party Landscape La République en Marche • Founded in April 2016 350 • Enterpreneurial party? 300 • New centre? 250 • New liberalism? 200 150 100 50 28.2 308 0 2017 per cent of votes 1st round seats Les Républicains • Post-Gaullist party 400 • Union pour la nouvelle 357 350 République (UNR)1958-1967 313 • Union des démocrates pour 300 la République (UDR) 1969- 1976 250 • Rassemblement pour la 194 République (RPR) 1976-2002 200 • Union pour un mouvement populaire (UMP) 2002-2015 150 113 • Les Républicains (LR) 2015 100 onwards 39.5 50 33.3 27.1 • Nicolas Sarkozy 15.8 • François Fillon 0 • Laurent Wauquiez 2002 2007 2012 2017 per cent of votes 1st round seats Rassemblement National • Ex-Front National 16 13.6 • Check Robin’s 14 13.2 presentation for details 12 11.3 10 8 8 6 4.3 4 2 2 0 0 0 2002 2007 2012 2017 per cent of the vote 1st round Seats La France Insoumise • Founded in 2016 Název grafu 18 17 • (2012 as Front de 16 Gauche) 14 • Jean-Luc Mélenchon 12 11 (ex-PS): a candidate in 10 2017 presidential 8 6.9 6 elections 4 • Supported by 2 1 0 philosopher Chantal 2012 2017 Mouffe per cent of the vote 1st round seats 6th Republi c Parti Socialiste • 1905 (Section française de 300 l'Internationale ouvrière) 280 • 1969 PS 250 • François Mitterrand 200 186 • François Hollande 150 140 • Jacques Delors 100 • Lionel Jospin 50 24.1 24.7 29.4 29 • Pierre Mauroy 7.4 0 • Michel Rocard 2002 2007 2012 2017 • Laurent Fabius per cent of the vote 1st round seats Europe Écologie Les Verts • Founded in 2010 by 18 17 merger of Europe 16 Écologie (Daniel Cohn- 14 Bendit) and Les Verts 12 (1984) 10 8 • Participated at the gvt. 6 5.5 4.5 of Jean-Marc Ayrault 4 4.3 4 3.3 (2012-2014) 3 2 1 • José Bové 0 2002 2007 2012 2017 per cent of vote 1st round seats Mouvement Démocrate 45 • (2002 as UDF) 42 40 • Founded in 2007 by François Bayrou in order 35 29 not to support Sarkozy 30 25 • Centrism 20 • Cooperation with Macron 15 in 2017 10 7.6 4.9 4.1 5 3 1.8 2 0 2002 2007 2012 2017 per cent of vote 1st round seats Parti Communiste Français • Founded 1920 25 • Popular Front 1936 21 20 • Part of the government: 15 15 • 1944-1947 (tripartisme with MRP and SFIO) 10 • 1981-1984 10 • Democratic centralism 6.9 7 abandoned only in 1994 5 4.3 2.5 2.7 • 2012 run as as a part of 0 FG (2007-2018) 2002 2007 2012 2017 per cent of vote 1st round seats Parti Radical de Gauche • Active since 1971 14 12 • Roots reach to 1901 12 • Tradition of the 10 rd 8 moderate left of the 3 7 7 th and the 4 Republic 6 • Republicanism 4 3 1.7 • Moderate socialism 2 1.3 1.5 0.5 • Laïcité 0 2002 2007 2012 2017 per cent of vote 1st round seats .