The last lap of the French presidential election campaign

The journalist Sylvain Besson considers that "the closer the French presidential campaign gets to its conclusion, the more unstable, muddled and unpredictable it seems. The polls, that set the proportion of voters who have not yet made their choice at 40 %, confirm impressions gathered among the electorate: six months of media hype, prime time TV programs and intensive 'pre-campaign' activity have not yet allowed public opinion to strike up a position. ... From now on, candidates are on an equal footing, or almost: Up until April 22nd, the amount of air time will be the same for each of the candidates and the distribution of posters and short films will smooth out the advantages that 'big' candidates had before. In 1995 and then in 2002, previous presidential election campaigns gave way to enormous surprises. Might things turn out otherwise this time?"

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