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Gaaaaaaah.

Just watched the mayor of Lyon (PS)gloating. EELV had a "reserved" district, backed by the PS nationally,  he backed a dissident candidate to prove who's boss in Lyon... And won.

Nationally, I'd be surprised if we get more than 10 MPs, instead of the "promised" 15 to 20. Time for proportional representation, and to that end I pray that the PS will not gain an absolute majority next Sunday.

It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II

by eurogreen on Sun Jun 10th, 2012 at 04:42:31 PM EST
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eurogreen:
and to that end I pray that the PS will not gain an absolute majority next Sunday.

Possible, but looks unlikely, not without the "Radicaux de Gauche", according to estimates. Most likely, the majority will be PS+PRG+EELV.

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.

by Bernard on Sun Jun 10th, 2012 at 04:53:29 PM EST
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Isn't the radical de gauche and also Movement républican et citoyen more or less a part of the PS now? So a majority with them would be a absolute majority of the PS in all but name?
by IM on Sun Jun 10th, 2012 at 05:00:48 PM EST
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right on the mRG and MRC. The aim of the PS is to do the same thing to EELV. The electoral system is their friend.  
Best result is if the PS needs both eelv and fdg. Some sort of proportional system would then be the price to pay. The Communist Party is losing their strongholds -- they now have no MPs in Rhone Alpes, for example -- they need PR as much as the greens.

It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II
by eurogreen on Sun Jun 10th, 2012 at 05:47:59 PM EST
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