Horror week for Hamon, momentum for Mélenchon

Parti Socialiste Presidential candidate Benoit Hamon ended a dreadful week confronted by an Odoxa poll for Le Point, released on Friday evening, giving him a record low of just 8 per cent in first round voting intentions. On Wednesday came the blow of former PM Manuel Valls, the man Hamon defeated in the PS primary, […]

Three French polls confirm Macron as new Presidential favourite

Independent centre-left challenger Emmanuel Macron’s rise is continuing according to three new French Presidential polls released yesterday.     After more than a week of bad publicity for conservative rival Francois Fillon (Les Républicains), who is under investigation for payments relating the employment of his wife and children, Macron has consolidated second place in voting […]