The Islamic factor in the French presidential elections of the 21st century
https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6339-2024-3-133-148
Abstract
The article deals with issues that help assess the role of the Muslim population of France in the presidential elections held in the country in the 21st century. The author demonstrates the specific features of the participation of Muslim voters in each of the election campaigns held. A number of statistical data are brought together into one whole, which allow an objective assessment of the role of the “Islamic factor” in the electoral processes of the Fifth Republic. The author also demonstrates the dynamics in the attitude of the French people and candidates for the post of head of state to the “Muslim question”, the need to study which is closely related to the country internal policy and to the foreign one. In addition, the article draws the researchers’ attention to the ambiguity of understanding by the population of France (both ordinary people and politicians) of the concept of “secularism”, which is included in the set of basic republican values, demonstrates the main approaches to understanding its essence. In fact, the author substantiates the need for constant monitoring the attitude of the Muslim population of France to the electoral processes (mainly to the presidential elections) in the country in order to be able to predict the results of voting and, as a result, to adequately and promptly respond to the results of election campaigns.
About the Author
A. V. Chistyakov
The Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Science
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Aleksei V. Chistyakov
bld. 2, Nikitsky Lane, Moscow, 125009
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Chistyakov A.V. The Islamic factor in the French presidential elections of the 21st century. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin Series "Political Science. History. International Relations". 2024;(3):133-148. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6339-2024-3-133-148
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