French Regional Elections open thread | 17 comments (17 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: French Regional Elections open thread (4.00 / 2)

"Ce qui vient au monde pour ne rien troubler ne mérite ni égards ni patience." René Char

by Melanchthon on Sun Mar 21st, 2010 at 01:54:18 PM EST

Re: French Regional Elections open thread (4.00 / 4)

This is not actually what I've been seeing on France 3. They picked half a dozen regions and are not even offering an overall view. These regions are called "test" regions". Among them are Languedoc-Roussillon and Poitou-Charentes, where there was never any doubt about the result (so what kind of test were they?), but of course Georges Freche and Ségolène Royal (both won comfortably as expected) appear as rivals or in conflict with Martine Aubry. Of course, the UMP having held Alsace, an appearance is given of a backlash (or at least a return of the tide) against the PS.

Not a word about the other regions in the 20:00 estimations; not a word about united lists on the left. I could feel the narrative coming well before the estimations (that the journalists know in advance). All these serious people telling us we should just be looking at a handful of places, the better to spin this election as not too bad for the UMP.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Mar 21st, 2010 at 03:17:26 PM EST
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yes (4.00 / 3)

the left missed the grand slam, so this can be spinned in many ways as not a complete disaster for the left.

However, the numbers should scare the right.

Wind power

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sun Mar 21st, 2010 at 03:22:06 PM EST
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Re: yes (4.00 / 2)

Yes, but interesting that France 3, the regional public channel, should be running such spin - and now showing a police series, no further comment, move along.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Mar 21st, 2010 at 04:03:11 PM EST
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France 3 TV (none / 0)

Well, to be fair, they have been discussing it now for some time (just before 11pm) at a time when there been a bit of time for participants to absorb the news , and on their site they say:

21 régions métropolitaines sur 22 à gauche
La gauche maintient ses positions au 2e tour mais rate le grand chelem, l'Alsace restant à droite
En métropole, la gauche gagne la Corse mais la droite reste majoritaire en Alsace, alors que l'abstention (49%) a reculé de plus de 4 points par rapport au 1er tour. En outre-mer, la Réunion est passée à droite face à une gauche divisée.
Avec un score d'environ 54% des voix au plan national, la gauche réalise un score historiquement haut."
http://info.france3.fr/elections/regionales-2010/21-regions-metropolitaines-sur-22-a-gauche-61986154 .html

"the left has achieved a historically high score".

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Sun Mar 21st, 2010 at 06:05:22 PM EST
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Re: France 3 TV (4.00 / 2)

They were quite capable of saying that at 20:00, when most people tune in to get the estimates - yet they didn't.

And that the "regional" channel on public television should air a crime series rather than continue delivering the results (or estimates), speaks volumes (even if they came back to the subject later).

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Mar 22nd, 2010 at 10:58:28 AM EST
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