European Parliament election, 2014 (France) [France and the European elections 2014]

Feature looks at the situation in France as regards the campaign for the elections to the European Parliament held in May 2014.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France's far-right Front National, suggested on the 20 May 2014 the deadly virus Ebola could solve the global "population explosion" and by extension Europe's "immigration problem".

Opinion polls have suggested that the FN could score between 23% and 25% of the vote in France during the 2014 European election, beating the opposition centre-right UMP party and the ruling Socialists.

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ESO: Background information: France's traditional parties nervous ahead of EU vote [France and the European elections 2014] http://www.europeansources.info/record/frances-traditional-parties-nervous-ahead-of-eu-vote-france-and-the-european-elections-2014/

ESO: Background information: European Parliament: Election, May 2014 http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-parliament-election-may-2014/

EurActiv, 08.05.14: Profile: Patrick Le Hyaric, newspaper chief and MEP http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-elections-2014/profile-patrick-le-hyaric-newspaper-chief-and-mep-301970

EurActiv, 09.05.14: Hike in French candidates for European elections http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-elections-2014/hike-french-candidates-european-elections-302031

EurActiv, 09.05.14: Profile: Karima Delli, Activist and MEP http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-elections-2014/profile-karima-delli-activist-and-mep-301982

EurActiv, 13.05.14: New parties - likely kingmakers in next European parliament http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-elections-2014/new-parties-likely-kingmakers-next-european-parliament-302093

EurActiv, 14.05.14: Arnaud Danjean: MEP and Balkans expert http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-elections-2014/arnaud-danjean-mep-and-balkans-expert-302098

EurActiv, 16.05.14: Left-wing and small parties shunned by French TV on eve of EU elections http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-elections-2014/left-wing-and-small-parties-shunned-french-tv-eve-eu-elections-302169

BBC News, 16.05.14: French National Front: Far-right - or hard-left? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27404016

Deutsche Welle, 20.05.14: France's National Front winning over voters http://dw.de/p/1C2Q3

EurActiv, 21.05.14: Profile: Laure Ferrari, the protegee of Nigel Farage http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-elections-2014/profile-laure-ferrari-protegee-nigel-farage-302245

EurActiv, 21.05.14: Profile: Louis de Gouyon Matignon, the ‘Maastricht Generation’ in EU politics http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-elections-2014/profile-louis-de-gouyon-matignon-maastricht-generation-eu-politics-302257

EurActiv, 21.05.14: Rise of National Front tarnishes France's image http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-elections-2014/rise-national-front-tarnishes-frances-image-302280

The Guardian, 21.05.14: Jean-Marie Le Pen suggests Ebola as solution to global population explosion http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/21/jean-marie-le-pen-ebola-population-explosion-europe-immigration

France 24, 21.05.14: Far-right win in European elections ‘will tarnish French image’ http://www.france24.com/en/20140521-france-national-front-europe-parliament-elections/

EurActiv, 23.05.14: Panic in France: missing campaign literature http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-elections-2014-live/panic-france-missing-campaign-literature-302340

EurActiv, 23.05.14: French TV debate on EU concentrates on France http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-elections-2014-live/french-tv-debate-eu-concentrates-france-302351

Euro|Topics, 16.04.14: France: Between Tristesse and Reform http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/dossier_europawahl_2014/laendertext_frankreich/

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