French presidential and parliamentary elections 2002

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2002 is a year of elections in France --- the first phase of which was completed on 5 May, with the re-election of Jacques Chirac as President. Following an amendment to the constitution, he will serve for a term of five (rather than seven) years. On 6 May, Chirac appointed Jean-Pierre Raffarin Prime Minister (he replaces Lionel Jospin, the outgoing Socialist holder of this office, who resigned after being defeated in he first round of the presidential elections on 21 April). Parliamentary elections will take place in May and June. Will the parliamentary elections of 2002 spell the end of cohabitation? Follow the links below to find out more.

Official information

• Ministère de l'Intérieur
• Conseil constitutionnel
• Assemblée nationale

Political parties and movements

• L'Ami public
• Démocratie libérale
• Front national
• Génération Ecologie
• Lutte ouvrière
• Mouvement écologiste indépendant
• Mouvement national républicain
• Parti communiste français
• Parti socialiste
• Pôle républicain
• RPR
• Rassemblement pour la France
• UDF
• Les Verts

Analysis

• CEVIPOF (Sciences Po, Paris)

Opinion polls

• CSA
• SOFRES

Press and media

• L'Express
  • Vers la présidentielle
• Financial Times
  • France's long search for a clear winner (23 January 2002)
• Libération
  • 1988--2002: les limites du plagiat (25 January 2002)
  • Les programmes très communs du RPR et du PS (26 January 2002)
• Le Monde
  • Présidentielle 2002
    
• Radio France
  • La radio des élections
• Radio France Internationale
  • Portraits des candidats
• The Tocqueville Connection
• Yahoo! France
  • Election présidentielle 2002
  • Sites des candidats
  • Elections législatives 2002

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