The french presidential elections 2012 – politological perspective

of the main events on the French political scene they focus the attention of numerous political observers. The final result of the vote is influenced by many political, economic and social, factors, which are inseparable from the functioning of the state. The presidential elections of 2012 were particularly interesting: according to some commentators, it was the economic crisis which deprived the incumbent president of the possibility of reelection. Other analysts point out that this was also a defeat of a political celebrity which discouraged people just with his attitude. It is worth noticing, that for the past 10 years, the choice for the position of head of state was for the candidate of a party equivalent with the winning of that party in the parliamentary elections. As a result, the position of president has been strengthened, because at the time of the political uniformity of the head of state, the head of government and the parliamentary majority, it is president who exercises de facto the control of the executive