Many French regions today, including Paris, are run by a PS-Green coalition. It's important for the Greens to score high so that they can claim a higher proportion of seats (and chairmanships) in the merged list for next Sunday. Conversely, the PS needs to remain strong to keep the pesky environmentalist at bay...
The newly merged lists must be checked in by Tuesday, 18:00 sharp (and no stop at the café: this is no Italy :) Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
Lowell left us too soon. The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
