What do we know about the new French president?

As Emmanuel Macron is elected French president get some facts about this political newcomer!

All the newspapers listed in our earlier presidential election blog have the latest results and analyses
For example see the original Le Monde article which discussed the launch of his En Marche movement in 2016.


The official En Marche website discusses the aims and progress of the movement and includes a biography
Macron also has a Facebook site and Twitter account which link to recent statements and videos.

Get initial twitter reaction from world leaders and the public

Other reaction from US think tank Council Foreign Relations

Chatham House (UK foreign policy)
LSE Europp blog
House of Commons briefing paper on the implications for the UK

France presidential elections useful resources

As the first round of the French presindetial elections will be happening soon here are some useful academic resources.

Official government resources
Check the regulations and official candidate lists on the Constitutional Court website

News coverage

France

France 24    
includes a vote compass for you to pick your candidate

 L'Express

Le Monde

Figaro

Humanite

Foreign news.

BBC

Guardian 

Huffington Post has daily poll summaries

Independent

 New York Times 

Washington Post

Economist

Sciences Po Cevipol

Boussole for testing which candidate you should vote for  

Cevipol election studies of voter interest and engagement

Polls

Commission des sondages has lists and results from recent polls

major agencies include:  Presitrack

elabe

Depuis 1958 has an anlysis of the polls

Social Media trends

facebook tools

Google Trends 

Bakamore social is conducting  a study of social media trends in the election.

Ezy Insights - election on Facebook

France local elections gains for far right- recommended research resources

As the far Right Front National make gains in French local elections here are some recommended resources on the far right in France at the recent election results.

The main FN party website has news interviews and manifestos from the party. But for more detailed local election news they created a special municipales website 
Marine Le Pen has a twitter account where she sent messages of congratulation.

Newspaper and news service coverage.
Look at the following for news, analysis and polls
Le Monde
Le Figaro has a detailed website with a map of results . It also has information on parties, candidates and many online videos.
Le Parisien
Nouvel Observateur.
L'Express
Humanite

Academic discussion
Sciences Po televised forum on the municipales.
Cevipol analysis
The International Migration Institute has a paper on the impact of immigration on extreme right voting in France
MeLextra  This blog, the third journalism translation project by students of the MéLexTra JET master’s degree in English-French translation at Lille 3 University it translating stories about the rise of the far right from the French media.
Chatham House think tank has some analysis and discussion of far right politics in Europe,
The Conversation has academic discussion on whether youth in Europe are swinging to the right.

Who is Francois Hollande?

The new French president is Francois Hollande
but who is he? acording to 20 minutes (from switzerland) he was so unknown in some quarters that he was mistaken for a woman by some journalists! what does he believe? here are some useful sources.
Official campaign site
Tous Pour Hollande more campaign materials
Official twitter - see what he is doing today!
Facebook site
Really useful is the entry in WikiPol from Slate
see also his supporters Repondre a Gauche
His official page at the Assemblee Nationale gives examples of recent parliamentary activity. eg questions asked.
Sister Republic Michael C. Behrent on French Politics has some English pre-election commentary.
Le Monde has articles, analysis and reporting of his activities.
Figaro - also has a similar section.

French presidential elections- this week's key debate

French presidential elections.

This week a key debate. See the coverage on the BBC.

France 2 records the high viewing figures. See some key moments

Daily motion currently has the full version.

For some reaction try Figaro which is scanning social media throughout the campaigns for mentions. And has high and low points for the candidates.

Another interesting social media site has been created by Slate.fr the WIKIPOL is a type of Wikipedia with encyclopedia style entries on the main candidates it has been completed in conjunction with avec Po. More than 1,000 key figures, politicians, advisers are covered. Each entry has biographical information, quotations, details on affiliations, lists of publications.

Also some humour sites (with thanks also to Lucile Deslignères, Librarian, Oxford University Language Centre, for some good suggestion)

Canal plus humour

French presidential elections online

In this third posting some good places to lok to find information about online social media activity inthe 2012 elections.
This has an immediate relevancy as liberation has drawn attention to the role of twitter. See this posting.
For an explanation of the rules see the Economist website
L’Observatoire des présidentielles 2012from Blueboat is analysing campaign visibility
Image & Strategie has an e-reputation barometer
Agoravox is a well-known citizen media website. Agoravox
Get a useful directory of links to key political blogs and websites from this project. The blogrolls are on the right hand side of the page.
Finally an excellent place for discussion and links to all aspects of the use of the internet and social media is Netpolitique
For a final spot of humour the Daily Motion also has some videos (many comical)

French presidential elections - how popular are the candidates!

In this second posting see how popular the candidates are:
those contesting are
Sarkozy 2012
Hollande 2012
Le Pen 2012
Bayrou 2012
Melenchon 2012
Joly 2012

Polls and analysis of polls can viewed on these sites.
Sondages en France
Harris interactive includes discussion of use of internet and voting intentions.
TNS –sofres polls and analysis.
CEVIPOL has current and historic reports on voting intentions.
Comparison of polls on Nouvelobs
Sciences Po coverage of the election includes expert analysis and polls.

French presidential elections coming soon!

Coming on 22nd is the first round of the French presidential elections.
her eare some recomended websites to follow the news.

A good introduction is the Conseil constitutionel dossier which the explains process. Élection présidentielle 2012
The other key government site is the Ministry of the Interior

Newspapers covering the election include:
Le Monde.
Le Parisien
L’Express
Humanite
Tribune.
Le Figaro
Les Echos.
Liberation.
Nouvel Observateur
Huffington Post French edition. – satire and news.
La présidentielle vue d'ailleurs": dessins de presse,
Courrier Internationale - offers summaries from major newspapers worldwide. translated into french.


Special search engine services.
Yahoo.fr.Access blogs, polls, canal + videos. Sections for candidates and themes.

Google France elections. Includes sections for themes, candidates, plus a YouTube elections section.


French TV and audio news.
Canalplus + TV, videos debates
TV5
RFI radio
France TV- links to coverage, polls and videos from main tv stations. English language coverage is available from Guardian.
BBC coverage.
Economist.