Welcome to European Tribune. It's gone a bit quiet around here these days, but it's still going.
Display:
French Parliamentary Elections: a look under the hood | 59 comments (59 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Fun and games with Bayrou (4.00 / 3)
Législatives : le PS pourrait ne pas présenter un candidat face à Bayrou Legislative: the PS may not present a candidateagainst Bayrou
Plusieurs socialistes souhaitent que le PS ne présente pas de candidat aux législatives dans la circonscription des Pyrénées-Atlantiques de François Bayrou. Le président du MoDem n'avait pas donné de consigne de vote pour le second tour de la présidentielle, mais avait dit qu'il ferait personnellement le choix de François Hollande.Many Socialists want the PS to present no legislative candidate in the constituency of Pyrénées-Atlantiques held by Bayrou. The President of MoDem had not given instructions to vote for the second round of presidential, but had said that he would personally choose François Hollande.
Pierre Moscovici s'est déclaré "favorable" à un tel scénario, mardi 8 mai sur RTL, rappelant le choix "pas facile, courageux" du centriste entre les deux tours de la présidentielle. "Je pense que cela peut tout à fait se concevoir", a dit le responsable de la transition présidentielle dans l'équipe du président de la République.Pierre Moscovici said he was "favorable" to such a scenario, Tuesday, May 8th on RTL, recalling the "difficult, courageous" choice of the centrist between the two rounds of presidential elections. "I think it may well be conceivable" , said the head of the presidential transition team of President of the Republic.

The least they could do.

Meanwhile, at the OK corral,

Frédéric Nihous ne confirme pas être investi par l'UMP contre François Bayrou Frederic Nihous does not confirm to be invested by the UMP against Bayrou
"Rien n'est confirmé et rien n'est fait", assure Frédéric Nihous au Monde.fr, mercredi 9 mai, après que le site du Figaro a annoncé que le président de Chasse, pêche, nature et traditions (CPNT), allait être investi par l'UMP contre François Bayrou aux législatives dans la 2e circonscription des Pyrénées-Atlantiques. "Nothing is confirmed and nothing is done" , Frederic Nihous to ensure Monde.fr, Wednesday, May 9, after the site of Figaro announced that the President of Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions ( CPNT), would be invested by the UMP against Francois Bayrou in the legislative elections in the second district of the Pyrenees-Atlantiques.
"Je suis en train de travailler avec l'UMP pour voir la place que ma formation de CPNT peut avoir lors du scrutin législatif et la 2e circonscription des Pyrénées-Atlantiques fait effectivement partie de cette réflexion puisque c'est l'endroit où je me suis déjà présenté en 2007. Mais je le répète : rien n'est décidé, ni officiel pour l"instant", affirme M. Nihous. Le siège de CPNT est à Pau. "I'm working with the UMP to see the place that my CPNT movement can have in the parliamentary election and the second district in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques is indeed part of this reflection because it is where I have already been candidate in 2007. But I repeat: nothing is decided, or official for "instant" , says Nihous. The headquarters of CPNT is in Pau .
Le président de Chasse, pêche, nature et traditions s'était déjà présenté face à M. Bayrou en 2007, recueillant 2,39 % des voix au premier tour. Le centriste avait été élu au second tour des législatives après avoir recueilli 37,25 % au premier tour face à un adversaire UMP.President of Hunting, fishing, nature and traditions had already presented against Mr. Bayrou in 2007, garnering 2.39% of votes in the first round. The centrist had been elected in the second round of legislative after having collected 37.25% in the first round against a UMP opponent.
M. Nihous avait annoncé le 22 février qu'il renonçait à se présenter à la présidentielle, ralliant Nicolas Sarkozy. Chasse, pêche, nature et traditions était entré dans le giron de la majorité présidentielle aux régionales de 2010.Mr. Nihous announced Feb. 22 that he renounced a run for the presidential election, rallying to Nicolas Sarkozy. Hunting, fishing, nature and traditions had entered the fold of the presidential majority in the 2010 regional.
Le secrétaire général de l'UMP, Jean-François Copé, a annoncé lundi que l'UMP allait investir un candidat face au président du MoDem, dans sa circonscription, François Bayrou ayant annoncé qu'il voterait pour M. Hollande à titre personnel au second tour de la présidentielle.The Secretary General of the UMP, Jean-Francois Cope said Monday that the UMP would invest a candidate facing the President of the Modem in his constituency, since Bayrou announced that he would vote for Mr. Holland personally in the second round of the presidential elections.

Two partridges with one cartridge for the UMP.

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

by eurogreen on Wed May 9th, 2012 at 05:02:49 AM EST

Others have rated this comment as follows:

Melanchthon 4
DoDo 4
Bernard 4

French Parliamentary Elections: a look under the hood | 59 comments (59 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
Display:

Top Diaries

Speaking right: What an Taoiseach should say in Washington

by Frank Schnittger - Mar 8
3 comments

Ambushing an Taoiseach

by Frank Schnittger - Mar 6
4 comments

The problems with formal education

by Frank Schnittger - Mar 11
11 comments

Net Zero Energy - March 2025

by gmoke - Mar 7

We do have the cards

by Frank Schnittger - Mar 2
1 comment

Manipulating Irishness

by Frank Schnittger - Mar 5
2 comments

Thomas Paine's Age of Reason

by gmoke - Feb 25

An Enchanted Isle

by Frank Schnittger - Feb 16

Recent Diaries

Ukraine Victory In Retreat

by Oui - Mar 19

Ceasefire Negotiations Step by Step

by Oui - Mar 18

17th of March

by Oui - Mar 17
5 comments

Ukraine Violated Human Rights in Odessa - 2014

by Oui - Mar 16

Rutte In the Apprentice Theatre

by Oui - Mar 16
4 comments

Rearming Europe Peace Through More War

by Oui - Mar 15
10 comments

Keith Kellogg Is Out

by Oui - Mar 15
4 comments

Nordic States Join Baltics Again WWII Redux

by Oui - Mar 14
7 comments

Goodbye NATO/USA, Welcome Europe's E5

by Oui - Mar 13
12 comments

Zelensky and the Terror State Ukraine

by Oui - Mar 12

EU Commissioner VDL In Full Panic Mode

by Oui - Mar 11
13 comments

The problems with formal education

by Frank Schnittger - Mar 11
11 comments

The Battle for Kiev/Kyiv

by Oui - Mar 11
16 comments

VDL At the Crossroads of Europe - Part 1

by Oui - Mar 10
9 comments

The speech Micheál Martin should make in the White House:...

by Frank Schnittger - Mar 10
3 comments

Either At the Table, Or Else On the Menu

by Oui - Mar 9
4 comments

A Happy AQ Warrior On Syrian Victory

by Oui - Mar 9
4 comments

Trump More Destructive Than Genocide Joe?

by Oui - Mar 8

Terror HTS FF In Latakia, Syria

by Oui - Mar 8

Speaking right: What an Taoiseach should say in Washington

by Frank Schnittger - Mar 8
3 comments

More Diaries...

Occasional Series