France: Political Developments and Data for 2021

Nicolas Sauger (1) , Selma Bendjaballah (1)

1 CDSP - Centre de données socio-politiques de Sciences Po (Sciences Po, CNRS)

COVID-19 aside, France spent 2021 preparing for the presidential campaign. Political signals were mixed with regard to the dynamics of the election to come in April 2022. Regional elections led to landslide re-elections of incumbents from the two formerly dominant parties of the moderate right and left. Primaries on the left as well as right led to the designation of rather centrist candidates in their own camps. But the overall national climate was marked by a shift towards the right of the political spectrum and the competition between Marine Le Pen and her new challenger, Eric Zemmour.

Keywords: presidential campaign; national climate; political spectrum

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Political science

Nicolas Sauger, Selma Bendjaballah. France: Political Developments and Data for 2021: Waiting for the Presidential Elections. European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook, 2022, 11 p. ⟨10.1111/2047-8852.12374⟩. ⟨hal-03772654⟩