Current French Politics A brief quiz to warm

Current French Politics

A brief quiz to warm ourselves up: Who is this person?

Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy 2007 -2012 • Sarkozy – minister of interior 20022004 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 1 st round; 51/6 in the 2 nd 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 5 th 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 • Enterpreneurial party? • New centre? • New liberalism? 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 28, 2 308 2017 per cent of votes 1 st round seats

Les Républicains • Post-Gaullist party • Union pour la nouvelle République (UNR)1958 -1967 • Union des démocrates pour la République (UDR) 19691976 • Rassemblement pour la République (RPR) 1976 -2002 • Union pour un mouvement populaire (UMP) 2002 -2015 • Les Républicains (LR) 2015 onwards • Nicolas Sarkozy • François Fillon • Laurent Wauquiez 400 357 350 313 300 250 194 200 150 113 100 50 39, 5 33, 3 27, 1 15, 8 0 2002 2007 2012 per cent of votes 1 st round 2017 seats

Rassemblement National • Ex-Front National • Check Robin’s presentation for details 16 13, 6 14 12 13, 2 11, 3 10 8 8 6 4, 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 2002 2007 2012 per cent of the vote 1 st round 2017 Seats

La France Insoumise • Founded in 2016 • (2012 as Front de Gauche) • Jean-Luc Mélenchon (ex -PS): a candidate in 2017 presidential elections • Supported by philosopher Chantal Mouffe Chart Title 18 17 16 14 12 11 10 8 6, 9 6 4 2 1 0 2012 per cent of the vote 1 st round 2017 seats

6 th Republic

Parti Socialiste • 1905 (Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière) • 1969 PS • François Mitterrand • François Hollande • Jacques Delors • • Lionel Jospin Pierre Mauroy Michel Rocard Laurent Fabius 300 280 250 200 150 186 140 100 50 24, 1 24, 7 29, 4 29 7, 4 0 2002 2007 2012 per cent of the vote 1 st round 2017 seats

Europe Écologie Les Verts • Founded in 2010 by merger of Europe Écologie (Daniel Cohn. Bendit) and Les Verts (1984) • Participated at the gvt. of Jean-Marc Ayrault (2012 -2014) • José Bové 18 17 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 5, 5 4, 5 3 3, 3 4 2 1 0 2002 2007 2012 per cent of vote 1 st round 2017 seats

Mouvement Démocrate • (2002 as UDF) • Founded in 2007 by François Bayrou in order not to support Sarkozy • Centrism • Cooperation with Macron in 2017 45 42 40 35 29 30 25 20 15 10 5 7, 6 4, 9 3 4, 1 1, 8 2 0 2002 2007 2012 per cent of vote 1 st round 2017 seats

Parti Communiste Français • Founded 1920 • Popular Front 1936 • Part of the government: • 1944 -1947 (tripartisme with MRP and SFIO) • 1981 -1984 • Democratic centralism abandoned only in 1994 • 2012 run as as a part of FG (2007 -2018) 25 21 20 15 15 10 10 6, 9 7 5 4, 3 2, 7 2, 5 0 2002 2007 2012 per cent of vote 1 st round 2017 seats

Parti Radical de Gauche • Active since 1971 • Roots reach to 1901 • Tradition of the moderate left of the 3 rd and the 4 th Republic • Republicanism • Moderate socialism • Laïcité 14 12 12 10 8 7 7 6 4 2 3 1, 5 1, 3 1, 7 0, 5 0 2002 2007 2012 per cent of vote 1 st round 2017 seats