Primary: close of voting announced for 11 October at 6 pm
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L’Internaute reports the first round closing at 6 pm on 11 October, after an extension linked to a cyberattack. This primary aims to choose a candidate for 2027, not to elect the president. Final results are not confirmed in this article.
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The essentials
L’Internaute reports the first round closing at 6 pm on 11 October, after an extension linked to a cyberattack. This primary aims to choose a candidate for 2027, not to elect the president. Final results are not confirmed in this article.
What is the vote’s purpose?
According to L’Internaute, the PS and Place publique, with social-democratic left forces, are organising a primary to choose a candidate for the 2027 presidential election. This vote does not elect the President of the Republic.
Why a close on 11 October?
The paper reports an extension of the online ballot after a cyberattack on the platform. The close is announced for Sunday 11 October at 6 pm, French time, after which results are to be published.
And the results?
According to the report, a majority of more than half of the votes wins in the first round. Otherwise, the top two candidates go to a second round. The final results, the winner and the percentages are not confirmed here. This primary does not by itself change the rules of daily life.
Understanding: a vote to choose a candidate
A primary chooses a candidate before the presidential election. It does not elect the president. This article keeps the information available on 11 October; the result is presented in the 12 October article.
Learn the grammar
French grammar
Learn sentence patterns and usage from the article’s own sentences.
01The present indicative
est / sont + attribute (noun, adjective, prepositional phrase)
Quel est l’objectif du vote ?Key pointsÊtre in the present is est for a singular subject and sont for a plural one. It describes nature, state or place (“is”, “is located”). If what follows (the attribute) is a noun, adjective or prepositional phrase, it is not a passive. If a past participle follows, it is a passive (est annoncé). Headlines and summaries often use the present to describe the current situation.
02The passive voice in the present
être (est / sont) + past participle (+ par / de)
Les résultats définitifs ne sont pas confirmés dans cet article.Key pointsThe passive means “is done” or “is being done”. It is formed with être + past participle, which agrees with the subject in gender and number (la mesure est adoptée / les mesures sont adoptées). The agent is introduced by par (or de). In the news it is common when the event, rather than the actor, is the focus (est prévu / est annoncé / est connu).
03Negation and its scope
ne / n’ … pas · ne … plus
Les résultats définitifs ne sont pas confirmés dans cet article.Key pointsNormally ne and pas wrap the verb. Before a vowel, ne becomes n’. Check which part of the sentence the negation covers. Ne … plus means “no longer”.
04Citing a source with selon
selon + noun / organisation
Selon L’Internaute, le PS et Place publique, avec des forces de la gauche sociale-démocrate, organisent une primaire pour choisir un candidat à l’élection présidentielle de 2027.Key pointsSelon means “according to”. Put a person or organisation after it as the source. It separates facts the writer checked directly from what another body or report said. Citing a source does not turn a forecast into an accomplished fact.
05Purpose with pour
pour + infinitive
Selon L’Internaute, le PS et Place publique, avec des forces de la gauche sociale-démocrate, organisent une primaire pour choisir un candidat à l’élection présidentielle de 2027.Key pointsThis is the purpose, “in order to…”. Put the base form of a verb after pour. The purpose stated here is separate from whether the effect was actually achieved.
06Dates and their prepositions
le + 日付 / du … au …
L’Internaute rapporte une clôture du premier tour à 18h le 11 octobre, après une prolongation liée à une cyberattaque.Key pointsLe 15 octobre means “on 15 October”. Distinguish the le before a date from the le that marks a weekly habit like a weekday. Du is de + le and au is à + le, so decide the meaning from the verb and period expressions around them. Their role depends on the group: a range of dates, the date of a bulletin or another complement.
07Permettre de followed by an infinitive
permettre de + infinitive
Selon le reportage, une majorité de plus de la moitié des suffrages permet de gagner au premier tour.Key pointsPermettre de means “to make possible, to allow”. A base-form verb follows de. You can also add à to say for whom it is possible: permettre à quelqu’un de…
Japanese grammar
Understand the structure and usage from the text.
01Citing a source: によると
noun + によると
同紙によると、投票はオンラインで行われ、プラットフォームへのサイバー攻撃後に締め切りが延長されました。Key pointsAs in “LCPによると”, it shows where the information comes from. What that source reported follows. It is used differently from “私にとって”, which gives one’s own opinion.
02Plan, outlook and policy
〜の予定 / 〜見込み / 〜方針
予備選と大統領選の違い、投票の予定、未確認の結果を整理します。Key points予定 is a plan, 見込み a forecast and 方針 a course of action or intention. None of them asserts that something has already been carried out. Note the difference from expressions such as “決まりました”.
03Polite negation and plain form
〜ではありません / 〜ではない
今回の投票はフランスの大統領を決める本選ではありません。Key pointsThey negate a noun and similar content. “ではありません” is the polite form and “ではない” the plain form. “成立ではありません” shows that it cannot be said to have been concluded.
04Cause or purpose with ため
〜ため / 〜ために
この記事では最終結果を確認していないため、勝者や得票率は掲載していません。Key pointsため is used for both reason and purpose. “成立ではないため” is a reason and “運転手を守るため” a purpose. Decide from the whole sentence whether what precedes is a cause or a goal.
05Giving examples with など
noun / expression + など
社会党などの候補者を選ぶオンライン投票。Key points“暴言など” gives “abusive language” as one example. It is not necessarily a closed list of only the things named. It also helps when reading the scope of a news story.
06The polite past ました
verb stem (連用形) + ました
報道をもとにJAPANITIES編集部が日本語で要約しました。Key pointsIn “発表しました”, ました makes a verb polite past. The negative is “ませんでした”. Read the actual date together with the date and time in the text.