France presidential election 2022 – News, Research and Analysis – The Conversation

France’s President Emmanuel Macron holds a press conference following an EU leaders summit to discuss the fallout of Russia’s invasion in Ukraine, at the Palace of Versailles, near Paris, on March 11, 2022. Ludovic Marin / AFP

March 14, 2022

War anxiety makes French voters rally round Macron. For how long?

The “rally round the flag” phenomenon has been an important fixture of political science. Will voter anxiety over war in Ukraine give president candidate Macron a definitive boost?

January 18, 2022

Will a surprise candidate shake up the French election?

Olivier Guyottot, INSEEC Grande École

Charles de Gaulle created a system where a surprise candidate can upend the presidential elections in France. Will it happen in 2022?

A new world order or more of the same? Frederic Legrand - COMEO/Shutterstock

January 11, 2022

Macron’s 2017 victory was supposed to usher in a new politics – instead, France remains gripped by political crisis

Mathias Bernard, Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)

A gap is widening between ordinary people and an elite they deem to be arrogant and disconnected from the realities French people face. In many minds, Macron epitomises this elite.

Voters follow social distancing measures at the Halifax Convention Centre as they prepare to vote in the federal election in Halifax back in September. This year will bring about a host of significant political issues and events that will impact communities both locally and globally. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan)

January 2, 2022

Here are some of the political events that will dominate headlines in 2022

Thomas Klassen, York University, Canada

International relations, elections, climate change policies and the continuing pandemic are some of the political events to keep an eye out for in the upcoming year.