About: Primaries

Hamon’s victory confirms ‘Corbynisation’ of French left

The clear victor in France’s Socialist primary, Benoît Hamon represents the left fringe of his divided party. Fearing a decline into eternal opposition and irrelevance, some Socialist MPs will instead back Emmanuel Macron. EURACTIV France reports.

The Brief: France’s Bernie Sanders gives Brussels a sleepless night

The French presidential elections keep throwing up problems for Brussels, which is keeping an uneasy eye on developments in Paris.

Vincent Peillon: the ‘Third man’ in the French elections

Vincent Peillon, an MEP and France's former education minister, will declare his candidacy for the 2017 presidential election this weekend. The surge of new candidates on the left is showing no sign of drying up. EURACTIV France reports.

What you need to know about the French left primary

The right has chosen François Fillon, now it is up to the left to choose its candidate for the 2017 presidential election. EURACTIV's partner La Tribune reports.

European Primary Elections: Step it up, ahead of 2019

Now is the time to start the debate on how to better organise the 2019 European primary elections and Spitzenkandidaten system, especially in light of the forthcoming European political party congresses later this year, argue Dan Luca and Dominique Ostyn.

Bütikofer: Green primaries to prompt debate on European ‘change’

The European Greens have kicked off their primaries for both their European Commission candidate for next year and to spark debate about how to change Europe, says Reinhard Bütikofer.