Election

Tigers and bears crossed their routes in Slovakia in 2023 and as absurd as it sounds, the fight was real.

April: we start our tour of elections around the world in France

May: the UN’s latest briefing reports how inflation is now rising markedly in developing markets

Watch Ben Page's introduction to the Ipsos' DC Salon series

Happiness, Identity, and global reactions to the war in Ukraine are among the featured topics in this month’s edition. Also featured: our Earth Day 2022 reports, our latest white paper on regulating compliance and our post-election analysis from last month’s French presidential election.

Rejection and a weariness of voting to keep candidates out rather than in is the prevailing sentiment among abstainers and voters who cast a blank or invalid ballot, with little support for the plans of the two candidates among those who did cast a ballot. This survey conducted by Ipsos and Sopra Steria for france-tv and radiofrance on the motivations for voting shows that neither Marine Le Pen nor Emmanuel Macron truly succeeded in convincing those beyond their electoral base of the first round.

Ahead of the 10th April presidential election, our team in France explain what is different this year, and outline the central issues for French voters during the final stages of the campaign.