French Presidential and Legislative Elections 2017-News and Updates

[HannibalBarca]

Well, he seems to be the man who can push through economic and social reforms(something which has never been easy in France, luckily for us we already had our Thatcher moment lol ) and shake up the French system. Everything will depend on the upcoming legislative elections. So hopefully he can get the chance to prove himself , but for that he will need a clear majority to push through his reforms and change, else it will be useless. So hopefully you people will give him a clear majority/mandate to do so.

With a majority, it's always better ...that way he can pass things...peacefully... Otherwise he will need to pass with BruteForce... something he could do ( but it's badly seen...)

 

[mike2000 is back]

With a majority, it's always better ...that way he can pass things...peacefully... Otherwise he will need to pass with BruteForce... something he could do ( but it's badly seen...)

If he doesn't get a majority ,then the question is: will he be an "iron man"?

 

[HannibalBarca]

If he doesn't get a majority ,then the question is: will he be an "iron man"?

we will see

 

[Vergennes]

Why are France's legislative elections so important to Macron?

Monday marks the official début in France of an unprecedented legislative election campaign with the stakes exceptionally high for all the political forces concerned.

http://www.france24.com/en/20170522...gislative-elections-primer-macron-lower-house

 

[Vergennes]

Recent Elabe poll for the first round of the legislative election,La République en marche and the MoDem are still leading.

La République en marche and MoDem : 33% (+1)
The Republicans and UDI : 20% (+1)
National Front : 19% (-)
The Unbowed France : 12% (-3)
Socialist Party and Radical Party of the Left : 6,5% (+0,5)
The Greens : 2,5% (-0,5)
Arise France : 1,5% (-1,5)
French Communist Party : 2% (-)
Workers' Struggle and New Anticapitalist Party : 0,5% (-0,5)
Others : 3%

According to a recent opinionway poll,La République en marche could gain between 280 to 300 seats.

 

[LA se Karachi]

 

[Vergennes]

Macron also defeated Trump in his favourite (stupid) game,the handshake battle.

 

[LA se Karachi]

Macron also defeated Trump in his favourite (stupid) game,the handshake battle.

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Lol! Good going by Macron.

But it wasn't a fair fight. Trump has very small hands, after all.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/history-donald-trump-small-hands-insult/story?id=37395515

 

[Vergennes]

Macron's party seen winning absolute majority in French parliamentary vote: poll

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-election-poll-idUSKBN18S5M1

 

[Vergennes]

@Philia @LA se Karachi @Nilgiri

The French living abroad have voted way before those in France. The results have been released. The turnout rate is very low at 19,1%,remains stable compared to 2012. And this year,voters couldn't vote by internet because of fears of hacking.

Even if a candidate reached the 50% mark,he would still have to participate in a runoff (17 june) when the turnout is lower than 25%.

Political parties were fighting for the 11 constituencies representing the French living abroad. Out of 11 constituencies,La République en Marche came first in 10. (I will only post the most important candidates)

1st constituency (North America) ;

1st : Roland Lescure of La République en Marche : 57,53%
2nd : Frédéric Levebvre of the Republicans (the current MP for this constituency) : 14,53%

2nd constituency (Central,south America and the Carribeans ) ;

1st : Paula Forteza of La République en Marche : 43,17%
2nd : Sergio Coronado of the Greens (the current MP for this constituency) : 23,61%
3rd : Pascal Drouhaud of the Republicans : 11,18%

3rd constituency (Northern Europe) ;

1st : Alexandre Holroyd of La République en Marche : 57,80%
2nd : Axelle Lemaire of the Socialist Party (current MP for this constituency) : 9,83%
3rd : Laurence Azzena-Gougeon of the Republicans : 8,82%

4th constituency (Benelux) ;

1st : Pieyre-Alexandre Anglade of La République en Marche : 52,27%
2nd : Sophie Rauszer of the Unbowed France : 10,95%
3rd : Perrine Ledan of the Greens : 9,78%
4th : Valérie Bros of the Republicans : 9,08%
5th : Philip Cordery of the Socialist Party (current MP for this constituency) : 6,28%

5th constituency (Andorra,Spain,Portugal,Monaco) ;

1st : Samantha Cazebonne of La Réublique en Marche : More than 50%
2nd : François Ralle Andreoli of Let's act together,supported by the Unbowed France and the Greens : 15,52%
3rd : This constituency was held by the Socialist Arnaud Leroy,but he did not run. Gabrielle Siry of the Socialist Party : 8,13%

6th constituency (Switzerland and Lichtenstein) ;

1st : Joachim Son Forget of La République en Marche : 63,55%
2nd : Claudine Schmid of the Republicans (current MP for this constituency) : 15,76%

7th constituency (Central Europe and Balkans) ;

1st : Frédéric Petit of La République en Marche : 54,03%
2nd : Pierre-Yves Le Borgn' of the Socialist Party (current MP for this constituency) : 13,88%
3rd : Philippe Gustin of the Republicans : 8,16%

8th constituency (Mediterranean (Italy,Cyprus,Turkey,Israel,Greece....) ) ;

1st : Florence Drory of La République en Marche : 36,73%
2nd : Habib Meyer of the Republicans (current MP for this constituency) : 35,51%
3rd : Benjamin Djiane of the Socialist Party : 2,13%

9th constituency (Magreb and Western Africa) ;

1st : Leila Aichi,independant : 20,29%
2nd : M’jid El Guerrab supported by La République en Marche : 18,93%

The current Socialist MP,Pouria Amirshahi,didn't run.

10th constituency (Middle East and Africa) ;

1st : Amal Amelia Lakrafi of La République en Marche : 60,08%
2nd : Alain Marsaud of the Republicans (current MP for this constituency) : 18,89%

11th constituency (Eastern Europe,Asia,Pacific) ;

1st : Anne Genetet of La République en Marche : 54,11%
2nd : Thierry Mariani of the Republicans (current MP for this constituency) : 18,78%


Sorry for beign a bit long.

 

[Nilgiri]

@Philia @LA se Karachi @Nilgiri

The French living abroad have voted way before those in France. The results have been released. The turnout rate is very low at 19,1%,remains stable compared to 2012. And this year,voters couldn't vote by internet because of fears of hacking.

Even if a candidate reached the 50% mark,he would still have to participate in a runoff (17 june) when the turnout is lower than 25%.

Political parties were fighting for the 11 constituencies representing the French living abroad. Out of 11 constituencies,La République en Marche came first in 10. (I will only post the most important candidates)

1st constituency (North America) ;

1st : Roland Lescure of La République en Marche : 57,53%
2nd : Frédéric Levebvre of the Republicans (the current MP for this constituency) : 14,53%

2nd constituency (Central,south America and the Carribeans ) ;

1st : Paula Forteza of La République en Marche : 43,17%
2nd : Sergio Coronado of the Greens (the current MP for this constituency) : 23,61%
3rd : Pascal Drouhaud of the Republicans : 11,18%

3rd constituency (Northern Europe) ;

1st : Alexandre Holroyd of La République en Marche : 57,80%
2nd : Axelle Lemaire of the Socialist Party (current MP for this constituency) : 9,83%
3rd : Laurence Azzena-Gougeon of the Republicans : 8,82%

4th constituency (Benelux) ;

1st : Pieyre-Alexandre Anglade of La République en Marche : 52,27%
2nd : Sophie Rauszer of the Unbowed France : 10,95%
3rd : Perrine Ledan of the Greens : 9,78%
4th : Valérie Bros of the Republicans : 9,08%
5th : Philip Cordery of the Socialist Party (current MP for this constituency) : 6,28%

5th constituency (Andorra,Spain,Portugal,Monaco) ;

1st : Samantha Cazebonne of La Réublique en Marche : More than 50%
2nd : François Ralle Andreoli of Let's act together,supported by the Unbowed France and the Greens : 15,52%
3rd : This constituency was held by the Socialist Arnaud Leroy,but he did not run. Gabrielle Siry of the Socialist Party : 8,13%

6th constituency (Switzerland and Lichtenstein) ;

1st : Joachim Son Forget of La République en Marche : 63,55%
2nd : Claudine Schmid of the Republicans (current MP for this constituency) : 15,76%

7th constituency (Central Europe and Balkans) ;

1st : Frédéric Petit of La République en Marche : 54,03%
2nd : Pierre-Yves Le Borgn' of the Socialist Party (current MP for this constituency) : 13,88%
3rd : Philippe Gustin of the Republicans : 8,16%

8th constituency (Mediterranean (Italy,Cyprus,Turkey,Israel,Greece....) ) ;

1st : Florence Drory of La République en Marche : 36,73%
2nd : Habib Meyer of the Republicans (current MP for this constituency) : 35,51%
3rd : Benjamin Djiane of the Socialist Party : 2,13%

9th constituency (Magreb and Western Africa) ;

1st : Leila Aichi,independant : 20,29%
2nd : M’jid El Guerrab supported by La République en Marche : 18,93%

The current Socialist MP,Pouria Amirshahi,didn't run.

10th constituency (Middle East and Africa) ;

1st : Amal Amelia Lakrafi of La République en Marche : 60,08%
2nd : Alain Marsaud of the Republicans (current MP for this constituency) : 18,89%

11th constituency (Eastern Europe,Asia,Pacific) ;

1st : Anne Genetet of La République en Marche : 54,11%
2nd : Thierry Mariani of the Republicans (current MP for this constituency) : 18,78%


Sorry for beign a bit long.

Does France mail the ballot to each overseas citizen from each embassy (at least each one that has registered with the embassy and/or election authority)? Or you have to go and line up and register each time? I think the former can help increase the turnout, its what Canada does.

 

[Vergennes]

Does France mail the ballot to each overseas citizen from each embassy (at least each one that has registered with the embassy and/or election authority)? Or you have to go and line up and register each time? I think the former can help increase the turnout, its what Canada does.

If you are registered on the register of French people living abroad,you are automatically registered on the consular lists. Then it's up to people to show up or not to the French embassies,consulates,or sometimes schools.

 

[Vergennes]

Left, right rub shoulders as Macron's France eyes parliamentary vote

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-election-battleground-evreux-idUSKBN18Y2Q9

 

[Vergennes]

Here's what you need to know about the French parliamentary elections

https://www.thelocal.fr/20170609/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-french-parliamentary-elections

Four reasons why the French parliamentary elections really matter

https://www.thelocal.fr/20170609/four-reasons-why-the-french-parliamentary-elections-matter

 

[Vergennes]

The current Assemblée Nationale.

The first round is tomorrow,while the second is on the 18th of june.


@LA se Karachi @Nilgiri

I really wonder if LREM can seriously win an absolute majority. They are polling ahead of all other parties at at least 30%. Seats projections give them as much as 427 seats. (289 needed for the majority)
That would be impressive considering it held no elections before and is only 1 year old.

There's one thing everyone can predict : The total collapse of the Social Party. Their performance could be even worse than the disaster of the 1993 legislative election.

The performance of the National Front will also be closely watched. They hope to win at least 15 seats to form a political group.

The Republicans and the UDI which hoped to get their revange after the defeat of their candidate during the presidential elections now are only hoping to limit the damages.

The Unbowed France of Jean-Luc Mélenchon hopes to gain the same momentum as during the presidential elections to gain a maximum of seats.