(BUTTON) Send again International https://sputniknews.com/20210528/french-elections-2022-who-could-beat-m acron-and-is-plot-of-novel-submission-that-far-fetched-1083019096.html -- acron-and-is-plot-of-novel-submission-that-far-fetched-1083019096.html French Elections 2022: Who Could Beat Macron and is Plot of Novel Submission That Far-Fetched? -- Submission That Far-Fetched? French Elections 2022: Who Could Beat Macron and is Plot of Novel Submission That Far-Fetched? In 2015 French novelist Michel Houellebecq published Submission, which -- -- europe, world, news, emmanuel macron, hollande, marine le pen French Elections 2022: Who Could Beat Macron and is Plot of Novel Submission That Far-Fetched? -- -- In 2015 French novelist Michel Houellebecq published Submission, which became a bestseller in France, Germany and Italy. The novel imagines the 2022 French presidential election being contested between Marine Le Pen and a fictional Islamist candidate, Mohammed Ben-Abbes. -- -- The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, is being tipped as a possible contender for the French presidential election in April 2022. -- -- Emmanuel Macron broke the mould when he was elected President in 2017 - he was the candidate of a party, La République En Marche!, which had only been formed 12 months before the election. -- Most elections during the Fifth Republic have been fought between a Socialist and a candidate from one of conservative parties, UMP or RPR. -- -- Chirac, who won the second round by a landslide. © AP Photo / Eric FeferbergFrench presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National party, Marine Le Pen, 2nd left, and French -- the far-right Front National party, Marine Le Pen, 2nd left, and French presidential election candidate for the En Marche ! movement, Emmanuel Macron, right, pose prior to the start of a live broadcast face-to-face televised debate in La Plaine-Saint-Denis, north of Paris, France, -- -- Macron, right, pose prior to the start of a live broadcast face-to-face televised debate in La Plaine-Saint-Denis, north of Paris, France, Wednesday, May 3, 2017 as part of the second round election campaign French Elections 2022: Who Could Beat Macron and is Plot of Novel Submission That Far-Fetched? - Sputnik International, 1920, 28.05.2021 -- Submission That Far-Fetched? - Sputnik International, 1920, 28.05.2021 French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National party, Marine Le Pen, 2nd left, and French presidential election candidate for the En Marche ! movement, Emmanuel Macron, right, pose prior to the start of a live broadcast face-to-face televised debate in -- -- prior to the start of a live broadcast face-to-face televised debate in La Plaine-Saint-Denis, north of Paris, France, Wednesday, May 3, 2017 as part of the second round election campaign © AP Photo / Eric Feferberg -- -- Another definite contender is Jean-Luc Mélenchon, a maverick left-winger who garnered seven million votes in the first round of the 2017 election. He is polling on 11 percent. © AP Photo / Claude ParisPeople walk past near posters of Jean-Luc Melenchon, a former hard-left candidate in the first round of the -- -- © AP Photo / Claude ParisPeople walk past near posters of Jean-Luc Melenchon, a former hard-left candidate in the first round of the presidential election, candidate for the upcoming legislative elections, at the Belsunce district, in Marseille, southern France French Elections 2022: Who Could Beat Macron and is Plot of Novel Submission That Far-Fetched? - Sputnik International, 1920, 28.05.2021 People walk past near posters of Jean-Luc Melenchon, a former hard-left -- -- Submission That Far-Fetched? - Sputnik International, 1920, 28.05.2021 People walk past near posters of Jean-Luc Melenchon, a former hard-left candidate in the first round of the presidential election, candidate for the upcoming legislative elections, at the Belsunce district, in Marseille, southern France © AP Photo / Claude Paris -- -- attends the Paris council meeting, in Paris Thursday, July 3, 2020. The Paris council meeting elected Hidalgo officially after she won the Paris 2020 mayoral elections last weekend. French Elections 2022: Who Could Beat Macron and is Plot of Novel Submission That Far-Fetched? - Sputnik International, 1920, 28.05.2021 Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo, center left, attends the Paris council -- -- meeting, in Paris Thursday, July 3, 2020. The Paris council meeting elected Hidalgo officially after she won the Paris 2020 mayoral elections last weekend. © AP Photo / Thibault Camus -- -- cooperation agreement during the second day of a plenary session at the European Parliament in Brussels, on April 27, 2021 French Elections 2022: Who Could Beat Macron and is Plot of Novel Submission That Far-Fetched? - Sputnik International, 1920, 28.05.2021 Head of the Task Force for Relations with the UK, Michel Barnier (C), -- -- younger than Joe Biden. One thing looks certain - the 2022 election is unlikely to be a contest between Marine Le Pen and an Islamist, as envisaged by Michel Houllebecq in his best-selling novel Submission. -- -- The book, which was written before Macron appeared on the scene, has echoes of the 2002 election when all parties ganged up on the FN to keep out Jean-Marie Le Pen. -- -- keep out Jean-Marie Le Pen. 🇫🇷#PresidentialElection: 2022 will be marked by the French Presidential election and it appears that Emmanuel Macron will not give up on being a candidate. What are his chances of success? ➡️ Analysis by @Baudryalicehttps://t.co/xXGPF6rGmD