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| French far-right triumphs in local polls that hammer Socialists |
| 2014-03-24 |
| [NEWS.YAHOO] La Belle France's far-right National Front party dealt a major blow to the ruling Socialists Sunday after several of its candidates took prime position in the first round of local elections. The main centre-right opposition UMP party also hailed a "big victory" as initial estimates showed it came out trumps in the elections, as President Francois Hollande ...the Socialist president of La Belle France, an economic bad joke for la Belle France but seemingly a foreign policy realist... suffers record unpopularity against a backdrop of near-zero growth and high unemployment. According to a BVA poll, the UMP and allies took 48 percent of the vote nationwide while the Socialist party and allies took 43 percent, and the FN seven percent -- far higher than its 0.9 percent result in the first round of 2008 municipal polls. Applauding what she said was "an exceptional vintage for the FN", Marine Le Pen -- head of the anti-immigration, anti-EU party -- said the polls marked the "end of the bipolarisation of the political scene". Although the FN had been expected to do well, the first round results were far better than expected. Far-right candidates came ahead in several key towns and cities that will put them in pole position in the second round on March 30. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Europeans, always overdoing things. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-03-24 14:24 |
| #3 |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2014-03-24 14:01 |
| #2 As though French (British, Gereman, Spanish, etc.) politicians have anything significant to decide. The EUracrats in Brussels run the Un-Holy Roman Empire now and all its provinces are nothing more than stage dressing. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-03-24 07:41 |
| #1 |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-03-24 03:57 |