Bertrand Delanoë, Mayor of Paris, is probably the main other candidate, with the backing of Lionel Jospin.
The importance of the post is that the highway to the Elysée is to become head of one of the two major parties. When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind
Note that Delanoë is gay (and Parisian), so the choice is not completemy trivial... In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
