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French election: as Marine Le Pen makes it to second round, the left-wing vote is what troubles president Emmanuel Macron
After the first round of the 2017 presidential election in France, economist Thomas Piketty suggested that while there were four candidates on very close scores at the head of the field (Emmanuel Macron, Marine Le Pen, François Fillon and Jean-Luc Mélenchon), in reality France was divided into three political camps: a socialist and more-or-less eurosceptic left, a pro-European and liberal centre and right, and a nationalist far right.
The results of the first round for this year’s presidential election suggest he was right.
- Paul Smith
- The Conversation
Despite a poor campaign, centrist president Macron has emerged in first place, with 27.8% of the vote – three …