France: Political development and data for 2017
Résumé
Introduction: The year 2017 was an important electoral year in France, with seismic consequences on both the party system and political representation: established political parties were eroded electorally, and damaged politically, by internal disputes or the exposition of impropriety by key politicians. A number of politicians who had dominated French politics for years were pushed out of the national scene, whether they chose to withdraw, focused on the local arena, lost their seat or lost their position within the party.