How worthwhile are France’s primaries?

The Debates feature from Euro|Topics offers English (+ French and German) translations of a selections of articles in European news sources on this topic.

Euro|Topics relaunched their website during 2016. Features published before that date are still available via an archive website (see related url hyperlinks0The French will select the conservative 2017 presidential candidate in a primary at the end of November 2016. Ex-prime minister Alain Juppé and former president Nicolas Sarkozy are the main contenders for the post. The Socialists plan to hold a primaries vote in January 2017. The primaries will only deepen the political divides, some commentators write. Others, however, see them as indispensable.

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ESO: Background information: Sarkozy, Juppé lead pack of eight in right-wing primary http://www.europeansources.info/record/sarkozy-juppe-lead-pack-of-eight-in-right-wing-primary/

Politico, 26.09.16: The French (primary) revolution http://www.politico.eu/article/the-french-primary-presidential-election-2017-nicolas-sarkozy-francois-hollande-les-republicains-socialist/

ESO: Background information: Who will be France's next president? / Maverick Montebourg declares French presidency bid / France's Hollande says feels 'urge' to run again in 2017 / France’s president self-destructs http://www.europeansources.info/record/who-will-be-frances-next-president-maverick-montebourg-declares-french-presidency-bid-frances-hollande-says-feels-urge-to-run-again-in-2017-frances-president-self-destructs/

The Economist, 14.11.16: Why French political parties are staging America-style primaries http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2016/11/economist-explains-7

ECFR: Podcast, 02.12.16: ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Fractures in French society http://www.ecfr.eu/podcasts/episode/ecfrs_world_in_30_minutes_fractures_in_french_society

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