France has
voted. Every five years, after the period called quinquennat, a new president
of the French Republic is chosen. The suffrage is divided into two rounds if
during the first round one of the candidates doesn’t obtain at least 50 % of
votes. That’s the case of this-year-elections. A socialist candidate related to
the French socialist party Francois Hollande has obtained 28,63% of votes and
he’s the winner of the first tour. Only with 1% of difference, the second
result belongs to the former president- Nicolas Sarkozy(27,08%). What is quite
surprising, France has one of the strongest extreme right wing party in Europe.
I’m talking about Marine le Pen who has obtained the third result (18,01%) and
her party Front National, established by her father Jean Marie le Pen has very strong position on the French politics scene.
Waiting for the second tour which takes
place the 6th May everybody asks the same question- what will be the repartition of votes of
those who have lost already. Knowing the French history of elections i think Francois
Hollande will win. French people are always discontented with the way their
politics govern, so they choose alternately a right wing and a left wing
candidate, like a sinusoid.
That's quite common, the sinusoidal pattern in politics. Except in most countries politicians/parties manage to remain in power for two terms in a row before the swing comes.
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