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French presidential election: "This is the culmination of the electoral disruption" of 2017
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The extremes, embodied in particular by Marine Le Pen, Eric Zemmour and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, won more than 58% of the votes in the first round of the French presidential election on April 10, 2022. AP - Bob Edme
By: Stéphane Geneste Follow
This is one of the lessons of the first round of the French presidential election: the candidates from the extremes won just over 58% of the vote.
In 15 years, their weight has doubled.
Interview with Anne Muxel, research director at the Sciences Po Center for Political Research (Cevipof).
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As in 2017, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will face each other in the second round of the presidential election.
The far-right candidate is closely followed by the radical left Jean-Luc Mélenchon, while Eric Zemmour finishes in fourth place, but far behind with 7% of the vote.
This breakthrough of the extremes has been made to the detriment of a republican left and right which are eroding.
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