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Well, should the UMP win the elections and gets an absolute majority of seats, Hollande won't have much choice other than appointing a UMP Prime Minister who'd run right wing policies (and fat lot of good electing Hollande would have done). OK, that's unlikely, especially with the FN absolutely bent on inflicting maximum damages to the UMP by maintaining their candidates in the second round whenever possible.

The most likely alternative are:

  • The PS gets an absolute majority all by itself
  • The PS plus the Greens at EELV (60 districts where the PS supports them) get an absolute majority.
  • The PS plus the Greens get a relative majority and need to coalesce with the Front de Gauche to reach an absolute majority.
by Bernard (bernard) on Mon May 7th, 2012 at 04:30:40 PM EST
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You might find that you have misread the question.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi
by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Mon May 7th, 2012 at 04:42:50 PM EST
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Sorry, got sidetracked :)

The PM is still anyone's guess although the grapevine says JM.Ayrault, mayor of Nantes and current PS group leader at the National Assembly (discussed here). We'll know next Tuesday once Hollande is inaugurated.

by Bernard (bernard) on Mon May 7th, 2012 at 05:27:53 PM EST
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