Ahead of a March 21 runoff vote, France's Socialists allied with the Greens and other left leaning parties in a deal struck Tuesday following the Socialists' first-place showing in round one of regional elections.France's Socialist Party linked up with the Greens and other left-wing parties after a frantic round of backroom horse-trading on Tuesday that followed the Socialists' first-place showing in round one of France's regional elections over the weekend. The alliance puts the left-leaning parties in a more advantageous position ahead of the March 21 second round. The Socialists reached an agreement with the Greens and the Left Front (a grouping of other left-wing parties) in all but two of France's 26 regions. The Greens declined to join the triumvirate in the northern region of Brittany while the Left Front abstained in the central region of Limousin.
France's Socialist Party linked up with the Greens and other left-wing parties after a frantic round of backroom horse-trading on Tuesday that followed the Socialists' first-place showing in round one of France's regional elections over the weekend. The alliance puts the left-leaning parties in a more advantageous position ahead of the March 21 second round.
The Socialists reached an agreement with the Greens and the Left Front (a grouping of other left-wing parties) in all but two of France's 26 regions. The Greens declined to join the triumvirate in the northern region of Brittany while the Left Front abstained in the central region of Limousin.
The Greens declined to join the triumvirate in the northern region of Brittany...
As "l'affaire Frêche" showed in Languedoc, the local PS potentates rule over their land and feel free to ignore the directives from the party's national leadership. Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.
