The 2012 french presidential elections the inevitable alternation / [electronic resource] :
by Jocelyn Evans, Gilles Ivaldi.
- 224 p. online resource.
- French Politics, Society and Culture .
- French Politics, Society and Culture .
Was the victory of François Hollande, the Socialist challenger to Nicolas Sarkozy, inevitable in the 2012 French Presidential elections? This book argues that a combination of economic downturn, policy choices and personal unpopularity meant that the Right-wing incumbent faced an almost impossible task in holding onto power for another five years.