[ACADEMIC REPORT] Chopin, T. and Sandri, G., “The 2019 European Parliament elections in France: Second (dis)order elections?”, Bolin, N., Falaska, K., Grusell, M., Nord, L. (eds.), EuroFlections. Leading Academics on the European Elections 2019, 2019.
The 2019 European elections were characterized by higher turnout than usual in most Member States and also in France. The participation went up for the first time in history and was the highest in 25 years (50.1%). It seems that both external and domestic factors have played an important role for the increase in participation. Concerning external factors, after 10 years of political crises in Europe (eurozone crisis, migration crisis, Brexit, etc.), European issues have eventually started to affect public opinion and permeate national political debates, including in France. Moreover, the international context also played a role and the new global challenges raised by Putin and Trump’s administrations, in particular, might have nudged French voters into seeing the European Union as the most relevant government level capable of action in current world politics. In terms of domestic factors, France seems to have followed a pattern of “expressive voting” in the latest EU elections. In terms of vote shares,…
Chopin, T. and Sandri, G.,, « The 2019 European Parliament elections in France: Second (dis)order elections? », Bolin, N., Falaska, K., Grusell, M., Nord, L. (eds.), EuroFlections. Leading Academics on the European Elections 2019, Mittuniversitetet, Demicom, Sundsvall, Sverige, 2019.
