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Revision as of 22:56, 22 January 2012

French presidential election 2012
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Nominee Nicolas Sarkozy François Hollande Marine LePen
Party UMP PS FN
 
Nominee François Bayrou
Party MoDem
Incumbent President

Nicolas Sarkozy
UMP



Politics of France
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The 2012 French presidential election is the next presidential election, to be held on 22 April and 6 May 2012, the latter being used for a run-off if necessary. President Nicolas Sarkozy will be eligible to run for a second successive and final term during this election.

Getting on the First Ballot

In order to get on the first ballot for President, a candidate must collect the signatures of at least five hundred of the approximately 150,000 officials ("grands électeurs"), who are qualified to elect Senators. [1]

Candidates

Union for a Popular Movement

In January of 2012, French Interior Minister Claude Gueant stated in an interview with n an interview with the local broadcaster Europe1 that French President Nicolas Sarkozy would formally announce [2]his candidacy for re-elelection in March.

President Nicolas Sarkozy[3][4]

Hypothetical candidates

Should the President withdraw his name at the last minute, the following have been suggested as replacements:

Declined

Copé stated in 2010: "I've always talked about [the presidential election of] 2017, but certainly not about [any other] before".[10]

Socialist Party

The Primary
Main article: French Socialist Party presidential primary, 2011

The 2011 French Socialist Party presidential primary was the first open primary (primaires citoyennes) of the French Socialist Party and Radical Party of the Left for selecting their candidate for the 2012 presidential election. The filing deadline for primary nomination papers was fixed at 13 July 2011 and six candidates competed in the first round of the vote. On election day, 9 October 2011, no candidate won 50 percent of the vote, and the two candidates with the most votes contested a runoff election on 16 October 2011: François Hollande won the primary, defeating Martine Aubry.[11]

The Nominee

National Front

National Front

On May 16, 2011, Marine Le Pen was officially selected to be the presidential candidate of the French National Front[13]

Marine Le Pen was born Marion Anne Perrine Le Pen on 5 August 1968 at Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French politician, a lawyer by profession and the president of the Front National (FN) since 16 January 2011. She is the youngest daughter of the French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen, former president of the FN and currently its honorary chairman.

Declined

The Greens

Announced

Declined

Democratic Movement

Announced

François Bayrou, president of MoDem and MP, has confirmed his candidacy on 22 August 2011.[22]

New Centre

Announced

Declined

The president of the Radical Party and former Minister of State Jean-Louis Borloo renounced his presidential candidacy on 2 October 2011.[24]

Citizen and Republican Movement

Announced

Left Front

Left Party

Announced

French Communist Party

Declined

United Republic

Announced

[29]

Arise the Republic

Announced

New Anticapitalist Party

Announced

Declined

Others

Kendra Drider[32]

Christophe Alévêque[33]

Lead-up to election

With the electoral shift to the Left in the indirect Senate elections in September 2011, Sarkozy was seen from domestic and German vantages both to have failed to boost his party's popularity, particularly with foreign affairs initiatives, and to have lost the ability to pursue budget proposals as he had anticipated in advance of the presidential contest.[34]

Opinion polling

Main article: Opinion polling for the French presidential election, 2012

References

  1. ^ http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0110/breaking16.html
  2. ^ http://news.chaobuoisang.net/sarkozy-to-announce-candidacy-for-2012-presidential-election-in-march-193821.htm
  3. ^ Huet, Sophie; Jeudy, Bruno (8 July 2009), "Sarkozy se voit à l'Élysée pour encore "sept ans et demi"", Le Figaro
  4. ^ "Sarkozy, un pas vers 2012", Profession politique, 8 July 2009
  5. ^ Juppé candidat en 2012: "qui sait ?", répond l'intéressé, 10 May 2009 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
  6. ^ "Présidentielle 2012 : et maintenant Juppé", Le Progrès, 11 May 2009
  7. ^ "Juppé : Sarkozy seul capable de l'emporter en 2012". LCP.fr. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  8. ^ "Xavier Bertrand Président en 2012 ou 2017 ?", TuxBoard.com, 10 December 2008
  9. ^ "Xavier Bertrand candidat à la présidentielle 2012", Présidentielle 2012
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference cope was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Diffley, Angela (10 October 2011). "Hollande or Aubry will take on Sarkozy in presidentials". Radio France Internationale. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  12. ^ "François Hollande briguera l'investiture pour 2012" (in Template:Fr icon). RTL.fr. Retrieved 29 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  13. ^ http://chuiko.com/world/4622-marine-le-pen-put-forward-a-candidate-for-president-of-france.html
  14. ^ "Presidentielle 2012". Presidentielle 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  15. ^ e-TF1. "marine Lepen envisage presenter en 2012". TF1 News. Retrieved 29 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ "Presidentielle 2012". Presidentielle 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  17. ^ http://www.lejdd.fr/cmc/politique/200837/le-pen-a-la-retraite-bientot_148372.html
  18. ^ "News". AlertNet. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  19. ^ Cécile Amar, Cohn-Bendit : "Je ne serai pas candidat en 2012", Le Journal du dimanche, 23 August 2009.
  20. ^ "Nicolas Hulot : "J'ai décidé d'être candidat à l'élection présidentielle"". Le Monde. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  21. ^ "[INFO OBS] Cécile Duflot : "La présidentielle me fait peur" – Politique – Nouvelobs.com". Tempsreel.nouvelobs.com. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  22. ^ http://www.francetv.fr/2012/francois-bayrou-a-officialise-sa-candidature-2639
  23. ^ "Hervé Morin a officialisé sa candidature à l'élection présidentielle". Le Monde. 27 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  24. ^ Love, Brian (3 October 2011), Potential Sarkozy rival quits election race, Reuters, retrieved 7 October 2011
  25. ^ S.C., « L’idée communiste a besoin d’un parti », L'Humanité, 10 September 2009.
  26. ^ M.V., Buffet décline pour 2012, Le Journal du Dimanche, 25 May 2010.
  27. ^ http://humanite.fr/19_06_2011-andré-chassaigne%E2%80%89-je-m’engagerai-pleinement-dans-la-bataille-474575
  28. ^ "Dominique de Villepin launches new French political party"- Daily Telegraph (retrieved 11 August 2010)
  29. ^ "France election: Villepin to stand for president". BBC News. 11 December 2011.
  30. ^ "Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, candidate in 2012"- Le Figaro (21 November 2010)
  31. ^ Template:Fr NPA : Philippe Poutou, un ouvrier pugnace pour succéder à Besancenot, AFP, 25 June 2011.
  32. ^ "Veiled Muslim woman to run for French Presidency". Digitaljournal.com. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  33. ^ "L'humoriste Christophe Alévêque candidat à la présidentielle". midilibre.fr. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  34. ^ Allen, Kristen (27 September 2011). "The World from Berlin: 'Sarkozy Has Lost the Heart of France'". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

External links

Template:French presidential election, 2012

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=French_presidential_election,_2012&curid=22592845&diff=472696184&oldid=472695422

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