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All 87 French seats in the European Parliament | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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European Parliament elections were held in France on 12 June 1994. Six lists were able to win seats: an alliance of the centre-rightUnion for French Democracy (UDF) and the GaullistRally for the Republic (RPR), theSocialist Party (PS), theLeft Radical Party (MRG), theFrench Communist Party, theNational Front (FN) andPhilippe de Villiers'eurosceptic right-wing dissident UDF list, which formed theMajority for Another Europe (MAE). 53.5% of the French populationturned out on election day, an improvement on thelast election in 1989.The Greens, who were weakened by anEcology Generation list led byBrice Lalonde (winning 2.01%) and also suffering from internal divisions between the party's left (who wanted an electoral alliance with the Socialists and the left) and the right (rejecting all alliances), lost all 9 seats won in 1989.Arlette Laguiller's TrotskystWorkers' Struggle (2.27%),Jean-Pierre Chevènement's left-wing euroscepticCitizens' Movement (2.54%), theL'Europe commence à Sarajevo List (1.57%) and the agrarian populistHunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions (3.96%) were among the notable lists which did not pass the 5% threshold.
With 14.49%, the Socialists, the party ofPresidentFrançois Mitterrand, whose list was led byMichel Rocard suffered its worst result ever in a European election, losing votes mainly to the Radical list led by wealthy businessman and a protégé of Mitterrand,Bernard Tapie. Most analysts agreed that Mitterrand supported Tapie's list behind the scenes, since Rocard was a personal rival of Mitterrand and he wished to destroy Rocard's chances in the1995 presidential election. In fact, Rocard resigned as First Secretary of the PS shortly thereafter and did not run in 1995 –Lionel Jospin was the Socialist candidate.
The other surprise wasPhilippe de Villiers success. Villiers, thePresident of the General Council ofVendée, was a eurosceptic member of the liberal component (PR) of the pro-European UDF. He won a surprisingly strong 12.34%, and his thirteen MEPs formed the nucleus of theEurope of Nations group. However, his success did not lead him to immediate political successes – he polled barely 4% in the1995 presidential election.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union for France | 4,985,574 | 25.58 | 28 | New | |
| Socialist Party | 2,824,173 | 14.49 | 15 | –5 | |
| Majority for Another Europe | 2,404,105 | 12.34 | 13 | New | |
| Movement of Radicals of the Left | 2,344,457 | 12.03 | 13 | +11 | |
| National Front | 2,050,086 | 10.52 | 11 | +1 | |
| French Communist Party | 1,342,222 | 6.89 | 7 | 0 | |
| Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions | 771,061 | 3.96 | 0 | 0 | |
| The Greens | 574,806 | 2.95 | 0 | –9 | |
| Citizens' Movement | 494,986 | 2.54 | 0 | New | |
| Lutte Ouvrière | 442,723 | 2.27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ecology Generation | 392,291 | 2.01 | 0 | New | |
| Europe Begins at Sarajevo | 305,633 | 1.57 | 0 | New | |
| Jobs First! | 125,340 | 0.64 | 0 | New | |
| Natural Law Party | 103,261 | 0.53 | 0 | New | |
| Workers' Party | 84,513 | 0.43 | 0 | New | |
| Regionalist and Federalist List | 76,436 | 0.39 | 0 | New | |
| Democrats for a United States of Europe | 71,814 | 0.37 | 0 | New | |
| Life Policy for Europe | 56,658 | 0.29 | 0 | New | |
| PPDG–PPM–PCR–PSG | 37,041 | 0.19 | 0 | New | |
| Europe for All | 290 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 19,487,470 | 100.00 | 87 | +6 | |
| Valid votes | 19,487,470 | 94.67 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,097,510 | 5.33 | |||
| Total votes | 20,584,980 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 39,019,797 | 52.76 | |||
| Source:France Politique | |||||
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