European Notebook: Dictatorships and the EEC; Religion in America; French Elections

THE NON-ELECTORAL COMPROMISE ACHIEVED IN MARCH 1978 IN Italy, and the French elections of the same month will be followed in the course of next year - coinciding with four issues of our journal - by the British general elections, the Italian presidential election and, in June 1979, by the first elections to the European Parliament. These five major European political events will no doubt be accompanied by many other unforeseeable developments. All of them will be pored over by political scientists, experts in the politics of France, Britain or Italy, and in the politics of European integration. Analysis of the facts and of their respective historical or sociological backgrounds will underscore the national significance of these events - as for instance the article by J. R. Frears on the French elections which appears in the present issue. But in the next four issues, leading up to our special issue of October 1979, which will be devoted to the direct elections to the European Parliament itself, we shall concentrate on the more profound and less obvious trends and prospects of Western Europe as a whole, for the study of which the European Parliament will eventually provide a new vantage point.

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“Problematic” Situations in Press Coverage of the 1988 U.S. and French Elections

Journalism Quarterly ◽

10.1177/107769909206900308 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 69 (3) ◽

pp. 600-611 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ann Marie Major

Keyword(s):

Press Coverage ◽

Media Content ◽

Problem Context ◽

Horse Race ◽

French Elections ◽

Problematic Situations

This study uses newspapers and magazines to find some support for Alex Edelstein's theory of the problematic approach to media content. Although 55% of the 1988 U.S. election issues were defined as problematic — especially in terms of individual or social losses of value — about half the stories were not presented in any problem context. Three-fourths of the stories from the French sample presented stories in a problem context. About one-fourth of the stories from both U.S. and French samples emphasized the horse race aspect of elections.

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The French Elections of January 2, 1956

Political Research Quarterly ◽

10.1177/106591295600900107 ◽

1956 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 70-76

Author(s):

M. S. Steadman

Keyword(s):

French Elections

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How Fabius Lost: the French Elections of 1986

Government and Opposition ◽

10.1111/j.1477-7053.1986.tb00701.x ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 269-285 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

David A.L. Levy ◽

Howard Machin

Keyword(s):

Presidential Election ◽

Prime Minister ◽

Electoral System ◽

The Other ◽

Previous Experience ◽

French History ◽

Voting Behaviour ◽

French Elections ◽

System A ◽

Original Feature

THE 1986 ELECTIONS PRODUCED ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC results in recent French history, after one of the most unexciting campaigns. It is clear that the marked a break with the previous experience of the Fifth Repu Is lic.What was the nature of this break? First, the campaign began in a context where defeat seemed inevitable for the President's majority in parliament. Secondly, there was a new electoral system which affected the campaign, the competition and the results. Thirdly, the results showed considerable changes in French voting behaviour. Fourthly, there were some important changes in the influence and nature of the parties themselves. Fifthly, and perhaps most importantly, despite the collapse of the two-block part system, a majority hostile to the President was elected to par l 'ament. The President responded by staying in office, and appointing the leader of the largest party in the new majority as prime minister. The other original feature of these elections was that they were held less than two years before a presidential election. Much of the changed behaviour of voters, parties and leaders reflected not only the circumstances of the elections of 1986 but also those foreseen in 1988.

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The Coming French Elections

Foreign Affairs ◽

10.2307/20028601 ◽

1928 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 217

Author(s):

André Géraud ◽

Pertinax

Keyword(s):

French Elections

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Germany to wait out major EU decisions until post-2017

Emerald Expert Briefings ◽

10.1108/oxan-db202703 ◽

2015 ◽

Keyword(s):

Euro Area ◽

Debt Relief ◽

French Elections ◽

Content Type ◽

Greek Crisis ◽

Eu Referendum ◽

The Uk ◽

Party Family ◽

The Imf

Significance The Greek crisis has exposed Germany's euro-area dominance more clearly than ever -- to both Germany's partners and Germany, and to the discomfort of both. Merkel's decisions in the crisis have reflected in part her wish to buy time until after the 2017 German and French elections, and her belief in the continuing importance of the Franco-German relationship. Impacts Belying German hopes the three-year Greek deal will buy time until after 2017, October could see a new clash over debt relief and the IMF. Given the alternatives in Paris, Merkel will hope more strongly than usual for a new French president from her own party family. Waiting for stronger leadership in Paris could risk fuelling French eurosceptics' charges that France lacks influence. Seeing major 'future EU' initiatives only after the 2017 German and French polls, Berlin would like the UK EU referendum also over by then. Germany's wish to postpone major EU reforms will limit the scope of any pre-referendum deal with London.

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