The most distinctive characteristic of the French presidential election campaign so far has been its dramatic challenge to the French establishment. Former conservative leaders Nicolas Sarkozy and Alain Juppé were soundly defeated in the Republican primary, while the abysmally unpopular François Hollande was forced to withdraw from the race — the first time a sitting president has been too weak to stand for re-election. To complete the rout, prime minister Manuel Valls was pushed out of the Socialist primary by the more radical Benoît Hamon.
目前爲止，此次法國總統大選最與衆不同的特徵，是它給法國建制派帶來的巨大挑戰。前保守派領導人尼古拉•薩科吉(Nicolas Sarkozy)和阿蘭•朱佩(Alain Juppé)在法國共和黨(Republican)初選中徹底落敗，而極不受歡迎的法蘭索瓦•歐蘭德(François Hollande)被迫退出角逐——現任總統弱勢到不競選連任的地步，這是頭一次。讓建制派的潰敗成爲定局的是，前總理曼努埃爾•瓦爾斯(Manuel Valls)在社會黨(Socialist)初選中敗給了更激進的伯努瓦•阿蒙(Benoît Hamon)。