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The results of the first round of the 2002 French presidential election astounded everyone in France & abroad. However, the 2002 elections as a whole were not characterized by a break with the past or by realignment. They signaled neither a decisive advance of the extreme right, nor any irreversible drop in electoral participation, nor any overturning of the French party system. Instead they marked a return to the Gaullist functioning of Fifth Republic institutions, a serious defeat & a possible lasting weakening of the Left, & a growing crisis of popular confidence with respect to the leadership elites. 12 Tables, 4 References. Adapted from the source document.