This research examines the effect of recent electoral reform on gender parity in French electoral politics - specifically, the increase in the number of two-round plurality (TRP) districts for the Senate and the change from nationwide to regional districts for elections to the European...

Dolph Wagner advances the idea that public expenditure follow the evolution of GDP. This long-run relationship, qualified as low, is not verified here in the case of France. Therefore, we include other variables and particularly political facts like electoral cycles and budgetary constraints...

This study investigates whether there is a link between the successful implementation of European co-hesion policy and the voters' attitudes towards the EU. Using the French presidential elections in 2017 as a case study, we do not solely consider regional funds expenditures but also its induced...

This article analyses Hollande’s Presidential Election Campaign and Victory of 2012, placing it in the historical, organisational and ideological context of French Socialism and the French Party system. It argues that an effective campaign, an unpopular adversary, and a French party system...

In September 1992 French voters approved the Maastrict Treaty. This paper analyzes political and economic forces that affected French voters, and the links between the progress of European integration and changes in the pattern of redistribution. A model of referendum choice is tested against a...