With just over a year until the next presidential elections, what are the chances of Macron being re-elected?
The next presidential elections in France will be held in April 2022. Although, no president has been successfully re-elected since Chirac in 2002, polls currently suggest that Macron may buck this trend, but with a year still to go, this is far from being a ‘fait accompli’. Reasons for Macron to be cheerful. Polls Current polls are likely to give Macron some confidence as we approach the presidential elections. All have so far predicted that the outgoing president will receive a slightly smaller percentage of the votes in the first round as his nearest challenger, Le Pen. However, even if Le Pen is successful in reaching the second round, it is probable that enough voters will rally behind Macron in order to prevent the Far Right from coming to power. Despite attempts to de-toxify the Rassemblement National (which have met with some success), it is not seen as a normal party, and is considered by a substantial number as a threat to the Republic. In this situation therefore th