François Asselineau attacks Odoxa after its absence from a presidential election poll

François Asselineau has launched a new legal battle against a polling institute. The president of the Popular Republican Union (UPR) has filed a lawsuit against Odoxa, claiming he was unfairly excluded from a poll on the 2027 presidential election. According to him, this exclusion undermines the pluralism of democratic debate and harms the visibility of declared candidates.

The former presidential candidate is criticizing the polling institute for not including him among the figures surveyed in an opinion poll published in the fall of 2025. He argues that his status as a declared candidate and his experience in previous elections justified his inclusion in the study. This new legal action is part of a series of steps taken by François Asselineau to challenge the criteria used by polling institutes in their political surveys.

The Council of State had already rejected an initial appeal

This offensive comes after a decision by the Council of State on June 17, 2026. The highest administrative court had rejected the appeal filed against the Polling Commission regarding the absence of François Asselineau from an Odoxa survey published in November 2025. The judges ruled that this omission did not call into question the quality, objectivity, or regularity of the poll, despite the fact that Asselineau had officially declared his candidacy and had already participated in the 2017 presidential election.

The debate surrounding candidate selection in opinion polls remains a recurring theme as the presidential election approaches. Polling institutes construct their hypotheses based on various criteria, such as the perceived credibility of candidates, their political representativeness, and the electoral scenarios considered. These methods are regulated by the Polling Commission, which reviews the methodological guidelines of published studies and ensures compliance with regulations.