French presidential election, 2017

French presidential election, 2017
France
23 April and 7 May 2017
 
Nominee TBD François Fillon Marine Le Pen
Party PS LR FN
 
Nominee Jean-Luc Mélenchon Yannick Jadot Emmanuel Macron
Party Left Party EELV En Marche!
Incumbent President

François Hollande
PS
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The first round of the 2017 French presidential election will be held on 23 April 2017. Should no candidate win an outright majority, a run-off between the top two will be held on 7 May 2017.

Incumbent president François Hollande of the Socialist Party is eligible to run for a second term, but declined to do so on 1 December 2016. The Socialist Party will hold a presidential primary in January 2017.

After the Republicans' presidential primary runoff held on 27 November 2016, former Prime Minister François Fillon emerged as the party's nominee, beating the moderate former Prime Minister Alain Juppé by a wide margin. Fillon will be the party's nominee for the presidential race.

Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right National Front, is the third significant frontrunner in the presidential race.

Candidates

Democratic Movement (Mouvement démocrate)

Potential

  1. ^ "Bayrou sans doute candidat en 2017 si Sarkozy gagne la primaire de la droite". Francetv. November 12, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2016. 

En Marche!

  1. ^ "Macron quits to clear way for French presidential bid". BBC. 30 August 2016. 

France Arise (Debout la France)

  1. ^ "Debout la France, le défi régional pour lancer Nicolas Dupont-Aignan vers la présidentielle". France 3. November 25, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2016. 

The Greens (Europe Ecology – The Greens)

Selected

Eliminated

  1. ^ "Hollande is 'nobody's president' says former French minister". France 24. August 21, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014. 
  2. ^ "Michèle Rivasi candidate à la candidature pour la Présidentielle 2017". France Bleu. August 21, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2016. 

La France insoumise

  1. ^ "Jean-Luc Mélenchon annonce sa candidature à l'élection présidentielle". Le Monde. February 10, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2016. 

Lutte Ouvrière

  1. ^ "Nathalie Arthaud candidate à la présidentielle de 2017 pour Lutte ouvrière". Le HuffPost. March 14, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2016. 

National Front (Front national)

  1. ^ "French far right is at the 'gates of power', PM Valls warns". France 24. September 7, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014. 

New Anticapitalist Party (Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste)

  1. ^ "Philippe Poutou candidat du NPA pour 2017". L'express. March 20, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2016. 

The Republicans (Les Républicains)

In May 2015, the Union for a Popular Movement changed its name to The Republicans.

Nominated

  1. ^ "Primaire de l'UMP : Fillon sera candidat "quoi qu'il arrive"". Le Monde. May 9, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2014. 

Defeated in the Run-off

  1. ^ Inti Laundaro (August 20, 2014). "Alain Juppé Declares Intention to Seek French Presidency in 2017". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved September 8, 2014. 

Eliminated in the First Round

  1. ^ Vinocur, Nicholas (11 January 2016). "Big fight for the French Right". Politico Europe. Retrieved 11 January 2016. 
  2. ^ "Le président de l'ancien parti de Christine Boutin candidat à la primaire de droite". L'Express. September 14, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2016. 
  3. ^ Lemarié, Alexandre (14 February 2016). "Jean-François Copé se porte candidat à la primaire à droite" – via Le Monde. 
  4. ^ Goar, Matthieu (23 February 2016). "A Vesoul, Bruno Le Maire annonce sa candidature à la primaire" – via Le Monde. 

Socialist Party (Parti socialiste)

On 1 December 2016, President François Hollande announced he will not run for a second and final term. The decision is historic, but not completely unexpected due to Hollande's low approval ratings.[1] In his announcement, Hollande stated that he did not want to further divide the left. Hollande had also previously suggested that he may not stand for re-election if he fails to reduce the French unemployment rate by the end of his term.[2] He stated this point again in February 2015, saying that "if after five years, a President cannot meet the objective that he had when he got elected, he cannot be once more a candidate for the highest office in the country".[3]

In June 2016 it was announced that the Socialist Party would choose their candidate in an open primary, as happened in 2011.[4]

Announced

  1. ^ "The great Socialist split: a storm in a teacup?". Policy Network. September 3, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014. 
  2. ^ "Marie-Noëlle Lienemann : « Je suis candidate à des primaires à gauche »". Le Monde. March 24, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2016. 
  3. ^ "Benoît Hamon passe en primaire". Liberation. September 3, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2016. 

Potential

  1. ^ Michaël Bloch (September 6, 2014). "Valls va se présenter à la présidentielle de 2017, pronostique un ex-ministre PS". Le JDD. Retrieved June 1, 2015. 
  2. ^ "VPrimaire à gauche : Najat Vallaud-Belkacem y pense aussi". Le Parisien. August 26, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2016. 

Declined

  1. ^ Julien Ponthus (September 6, 2014). "French President Francois Hollande vows to finish in 2017 despite approval rating hitting record low". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved September 8, 2014. 

Union of Democrats and Independents (Union des démocrates et indépendants)

Potential

  1. ^ "Jean-Christophe Lagarde évoque une candidature UDI en 2017 faute d'un accord sur la primaire avec Les Républicains". Le HuffPost. March 5, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2016. 
  2. ^ "La France Qui Ose". Retrieved November 5, 2016. 

Other

  1. ^ "Le vice-président du MoDem Jean Lassalle annonce sa candidature à la présidentielle – Le Lab Europe 1". 
  2. ^ "Des jumeaux de 22 ans se lancent dans la course à la présidentielle". 20 Minutes. June 9, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2016. 
  3. ^ "À 22 ans, Sébastien Taupin est candidat à l'Élysée en 2017". Le Progrès. March 29, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2016. 
  4. ^ "Le premier candidat à l'élection présidentielle s'est déclaré". France Bleu. April 25, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2016. 
  5. ^ "OSCAR TEMARU SE VOIT CANDIDAT À LA PRÉSIDENTIELLE 2017". La Depeche. January 5, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2016. 
  6. ^ "Présidentielle 2017. Christian Troadec entre déjà dans la course". Ouest France. April 25, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2016. 

Opinion polls

See also

References

  1. ↑ "EXCLUSIF – Le sondage choc qui fait trembler le PS". Le Figaro.
  2. ↑ Helen Reegan (November 7, 2014). "French President François Hollande May Not Stand for Re-Election". Time Magazine. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  3. ↑ Philippe Wojazer (February 5, 2015). "France's Hollande says won't run in 2017 election if unemployment hasn't fallen". Reuters. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  4. ↑ Nicholas Vinocur (June 19, 2016). "François Hollande to face left-wing primary test". Reuters. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
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