François Fillon. Wikimedia. Public Domain.
We won't see a Socialist take over the Élysée Palace next spring. Of course, never say never, but the incumbent François Hollande has decidedly been the least favoured president since time immemorial. So much so, rumours say he won't even make it to his party's primary.
The presidential election second ballot in May could easily be a right-wing affair: so-called moderates against self-absorbed extremists. It wouldn't be surprising if Marine Le Pen won the first round. After all, the Front National leader received well over 6 million preferences in 2012 (17.90 per cent of the vote on a fairly high turnout of 79.48 per cent) and astoundingly secured third place, only 10.73 per cent behind the first-round winner. In the end, Hollande only won by a whisker.
