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The estimates now on TV news are that the PS gets 30%, the UMP between 26 and 27, Europe Ecologie between 13 and 14, the FN between 11 and 12.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Mar 14th, 2010 at 03:15:26 PM EST
Tidbits from the regions (still estimates):

  • Languedoc-Roussillon (Montpellier with two "l", Nimes, Perpignan...): Georges Frèche who was recently expelled from the PS for his racists slurs, is the only left-wing list remaining for the second round with 35-37%. The official PS list got less than 10%.

  • Poitou-Charentes (La Rochelle, Poitier, Cognac...): Segolène Royal trounced her UMP opponent Dominique Bussereau (Minister of Transportation in F.Fillon's Cabinet) with 40% vs 29.

  • Île-de-France (Paris and surrounding cities): UMP 29%, PS 25% and the Greens 16.5%.


Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.
by Bernard on Sun Mar 14th, 2010 at 04:27:28 PM EST
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Is Île-de-France governed by PS/Vert?

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Sun Mar 14th, 2010 at 04:39:55 PM EST
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and it will most likely again - what matters now is the negotiation for the order people are put in the joint list, and the roles they agree to share if they win.

Wind power
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sun Mar 14th, 2010 at 04:49:04 PM EST
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Merci.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Sun Mar 14th, 2010 at 04:55:20 PM EST
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Georges Frèche who was recently expelled from the PS for his racists slurs, is the only left-wing list remaining for the second round

Sigh. Whats behind this? Did he spin the expulsion in terms of nasty Parisien party elite trouncing local hero?

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 02:55:57 AM EST
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Yes. But his local base is so strong Aubry was no doubt ill-advised in going after him.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 05:35:39 AM EST
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an ideological party, it is a faux-populist party which maintains power via clientelism.

This is particularly the same in Frêche's part of France, and more particulalry in Frêche's case, and why roughly 1 in 2 left voters nationally don't vote PS in the first round.

Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant

by redstar on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 07:25:25 AM EST
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France24 - Socialists triumph over Sarkozy's party in regional elections

Final official results gave the opposition Socialists 29.48 percent of votes, with the UMP candidates tallying 26.18 percent. European Greens gathered 12.47 percent, ahead of the right-wing National Front's 11.74 percent.

France's Ministry of the Interior put the abstention rate at 53.65 percent, a record low for a regional election.

A coalition of the far left, the Left Front, won up to 5.7 percent of votes, bettering the centrist MoDem party, historically France's third best vote-getter, which struggled to reach 4.24 percent on Sunday.



*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 02:57:53 AM EST
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Did MoDem reach 10% in any region?

The brainless should not be in banking -- Willem Buiter
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 03:14:32 AM EST
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In Aquitaine, Bayrou's home turf: 10.43%

That probably pulled some votes from Europe Ecologie, which narrowly missed at 9.75%.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 05:27:54 AM EST
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Calling the Front de Gauche "far left" is pretty obvious spin. It's composed mainly of malcontents from the left of the PS, and a recentred Communist Party.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 05:34:22 AM EST
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We've seen that with Die Linke in Germany.

The brainless should not be in banking -- Willem Buiter
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 06:32:35 AM EST
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far left (NPA and LO), which both of them did rather poorly, NPA in particular in Ile-de-France, where Besancenot led the list and got really nowhere near the 5% bar.

Looks like he will be delivering mail still in Neuilly, though given the very hefty salary of his partner, it's not like he has to...life is difficult when you are leading the rabble to the barricades...

Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant

by redstar on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 at 07:31:01 AM EST
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