Put Le Pen and Macron to one side – it’s the June legislative elections that will decide how France is governed

France is due to hold the first round of its presidential election on 23 April, with Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron currently predicted to make the second round of voting on 7 May 2017. As Françoise Boucek writes, however, despite the presidential contest generating all of the headlines, the legislative elections scheduled for 11 and 18 June 2017 will be crucial in shaping the country’s politics over the next five years.

ESO: Background information: Why winning the French presidential election could be a poisoned chalice http://www.europeansources.info/record/why-winning-the-french-presidential-election-could-be-a-poisoned-chalice/

ESO: Key source: French legislative election, 2017 http://www.europeansources.info/record/french-legislative-election-2017/

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