It covers all French citizens living in ten countries in Northern Europe – specifically, Iceland, Norway, Denmark (including the Faroe Islands and Greenland), Sweden, Finland (including Åland), Ireland, the United Kingdom, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

The elections[12] will take place on: This year there was no electronic vote available due to cyber threats.

[14] 6 of the candidates held a debate organised and hosted by Le Petit Journal at King's College in London on 23 May 2017.

[18] The Union for a Popular Movement chose Emmanuelle Savarit, with Geoffrey Party as her deputy (suppléant).

[17] The centre-right Radical Party and the centrist Republican, Ecologist and Social Alliance jointly chose Olivier de Chazeaux as their candidate, with Nathalie Chassaigne-Rombaut as his deputy.

Dhiver, who was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement as well as of the CDP, was also endorsed by France Ecologie.

[17] Solidarity and Progress, the French branch of the LaRouche movement, was represented by Édith Tixier, with Yannick Caroff as her deputy.

[25] Christophe Schermesser, who has lived and worked in Ireland, England and Finland, was the candidate of the European Federalist Party.

[27] Marie-Claire Sparrow was the candidate of the Gathering of French Residents Overseas (Rassemblement des Français de l'étranger), related to the Union for a Popular Movement.

[28] Jérôme de Lavenère Lussan was a legal entrepreneur running as an independent candidate.

[17] Although campaigning was difficult due to the sheer size of the constituency, some candidates did travel to several countries to talk to expatriates.

In addition, a debate over two evenings was organised at King's College, London in late May by Le Club Démocrate (UK), with many of the candidates taking part.

[31] A major issue for voters was reportedly the cost and accessibility of French schools abroad.

[33] Socialist candidate Axelle Lemaire won the first round vote by a clear margin.

[35] When Lemaire was appointed Digital Affairs Minister in April 2014, her seat was taken by Christophe Premat.