French presidential election, 2012

French presidential election 2012
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 22 April and 6 May 2012
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Nominee Nicolas Sarkozy François Hollande
Party UMP PS
Incumbent President

Nicolas Sarkozy
UMP
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The 2012 French presidential election is the next presidential election, to be held on 22 April and 6 May 2012, the latter being used for a run-off if necessary. President Nicolas Sarkozy will be eligible to run for a second successive term during this election.

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Candidates

Union for a Popular Movement

Openly interested

On July 2009 in front of UMP Members of Parliament Sarkozy said "For better or worse, you still have me for seven and a half more years!".[1] MP Patrick Balkany and Elysée confirm that the possibility of a primary challenge is close to zero. The Prime Minister François Fillon declared in March 2011 that Sarkozy was "the best candidate" of the right for the 2012 election.[3]

Hypothetical candidates

As of October 2011, no person has announced their intention to run for the UMP nomination in 2012. Incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy is serving his first term and will be eligible for re-election in 2012. If Sarkozy runs for re-election he will be unlikely to face opposition from within his party.

Declined

Copé stated in 2010: "I've always talked about [the presidential election of] 2017, but certainly not about [any other] before".[9]

Socialist Party

Main article: French Socialist Party presidential primary, 2011

Selected

Eliminated

Declined

Following revelations in the sexual assault and attempted rape accusations, Dominique Strauss-Kahn was in a difficult position to run. Some Socialists called for the primary to be delayed to facilitate his running.[16][17] At 13 July 2011, the closing date for nominations, Strauss-Kahn had still not declared his candidacy. On 18 September 2011, in a televised interview, he confirmed he would not be a candidate and would not play any role in the Socialist primaries.

National Front

Announced

Declined

The Greens

Announced

Declined

Democratic Movement

Announced

François Bayrou, president of MoDem and MP, has confirmed his candidacy on 22 August 2011.[26]

New Centre

Announced

Declined

The president of the Radical Party and former Minister of State Jean-Louis Borloo renounced his presidential candidacy on 2 October 2011.[28]

Citizen and Republican Movement

Announced

Left Front

Left Party

Announced

French Communist Party

Declined

United Republic

Announced

[33]

Arise the Republic

Announced

New Anticapitalist Party

Announced

Declined

Others

Kendra Drider[36]

Christophe Alévêque[37]

Lead-up to election

With the electoral shift to the Socialists in the Senate elections in September, 2011, Sarkozy was seen from domestic and German vantages both to have failed to boost his party's popularity, particularly with foreign affairs initiatives, and to have lost the ability to pursue budget proposals as he had anticipated in advance of the presidential contest.[38]

Opinion polling

Main article: Opinion polling for the French presidential election, 2012

References

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