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Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn the lights off?
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jun 18th, 2007 at 10:02:13 AM EST
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The Front National was able to decide the themes of the political debates for 25 years with only once having a significant representation in parliament.

With the current French system, a party able to gather 15% of the votes in the legislative elections can act as major spoiler if not negociated with, or having its program applied (as Sarkozy did with Le Pen's).

Trotskyites+PCF+altermondialists+Green gets you way above that percentage. Of course, building a party that could attract all these voters is a major task. But then, unifying Neo-Pagans and über traditionalists on the far right mustn't have been much easier.

Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Mon Jun 18th, 2007 at 11:52:00 AM EST
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Precisely. The French Left needs a unifying meme, like the German one got in 2005, and it would be cool if just the German counterparts would serve it for the French.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.
by DoDo on Mon Jun 18th, 2007 at 01:03:19 PM EST
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They almost ran a single candidate for the presidentials this time. Maybe in 5 years' time?

Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn the lights off?
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jun 19th, 2007 at 03:44:22 AM EST
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