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Armenian Genocide Issue Intrudes Into French Election
2008-02-13 08:12:00 The ongoing inabiity of Turkey to confront its Ottoman past intruded into an election in France when the mayor of Villeurbarine confronted a candidate, who happens to be of Turkish background, to take a stand on the issue of the Armenian genocide. Sirma Oran agreed to classify the 1915 killings of hundreds of thousands of ...
Analysis of the French Election
2007-05-07 15:23:00 Social Europe member Jacques Reland comments on the outcome of the French election on CNN.
SARKOZY WINS FRENCH ELECTION
2007-05-07 06:27:00 Tough luck, Liberals. France has gone — sacre bleu!– Conservative Finger pointing blame-fixing underway at Socialist Headquarters in elusive search for scapegoats…. Mr Sarkozy said he would be president of all the French Conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy has won the hotly-contested French presidential election. The final count gave Mr Sarkozy 53.06%, compared with 46.94% for socialist Segolene Royal, with ...
UPDATE: French Election results || résultat d?élection présidentielle
2007-05-06 18:24:00 UPDATE II: According to Belgian media exit polls, Sarkozy has won the wiht a majority of between 53-55% of the vote. UPDATE: According to i-tele, the participation rate as of 7 pm has been at 75.11%. Voting finishes in less than 45 minutes. According to the AFP news agency, by 15h00 local time in france, 75% ...
By: Loopy's Manifold
Sego and Sarko: The French Elections
2007-05-06 17:55:00 The French elections, closing in a few hours, are interesting as ever. No centrists here, it’s left against right—Royal the socialist against Sarkozy the slightly pro-American. What the election means for the rest of the world is up for debate. Sophie Pedder looks at Sarkozy’s new book, Testimony, to see what kind of president he might be. She says that “President Sarkozy might even live up
By: punditbuzz
French election, second round today
2007-05-06 13:19:00 At No Pasaran, they report that election turnout in France reached 34 percent by noon. That's very impressive.Now, it remains to be seen who the winner will be.And it looks like Sarkozy is indeed to be the winner, seeing the results provided by Romandie, Les Temps, and La Libre (also via No Pasaran).And now, the results: Sarkozy wins with 53 percent, in contrast to Royal, who got about 47 percent (Le Monde calls it 53.5 to 46.5). Phew!Here's a news clip:PARIS - French voters chose Nicolas Sarkozy as their new president on Sunday, giving the conservative a comfortable margin for victory and a mandate for change, result projections from four polling agencies showed. His Socialist opponent conceded minutes after polls closed.The agencies said the conservative won 53 percent of the vote amid massive turnout, dashing Socialist Segolene Royal's hopes of being elected France's first woman president. The projections were based on vote counts from representative samples of hundreds of po...
By: Tel-Chai Nation
Euro Faces Big Event Risks with French Elections and ECB Meeting
2007-05-05 03:32:00 The Euro has finally seen an end to its four day losing streak. Although European data also fell short of expectations, the disappointment in the US data...
The French Election ? Competing Visions for a ?Fragmentgrated? Society
2007-05-04 01:26:00 By Noël Hatch With only a few days left before the election day in France, Sarkozy is still ahead in the polls (52% to Royal’s 48%). While it is too early to predict the impact of Bayrou’s decision not to vote for Sarkozy, let’s look back at what the stakes are. For the last five years, ...
The French elections: Nicolas Sarkozy
2007-04-30 01:26:00 What does the future have in store for France? BBC noted that Nicolas Sarkozy has sought to soften his image and remodel himself as a unifier - to counteract his image as a divisive force in France. Critics say he is too aggressive and impulsive to be trusted as French leader. They note in particular his ...
By: Today's Talk
French Election: Classic Battle of Idea?s for Reform?
2007-04-29 03:12:00 The candidates are chosen and the battle begins. A classic pit between two opposites: A Ronald Reagan style conservative and a progressive, in the mold of Bill Clinton. Both talk tough on Iran and... Decision 2008 keeps you up to date with the issues and candidates in the 2008 presidential elections.
By: Decision 2008
Third Man in French Election Unleashes Torrent of Criticism
2007-04-25 22:56:00 PARIS, April 25 - With the race for the French presidency tightening, the defeated "third man" in the contest unleashed a torrent of criticism against both remaining candidates Wednesday, but then appeared to give an opportunity to Ségolène Royal, the
By: Get rich
Third Man in French Election Unleashes Torrent of Criticism
2007-04-25 22:56:00 PARIS, April 25 - With the race for the French presidency tightening, the defeated "third man" in the contest unleashed a torrent of criticism against both remaining candidates Wednesday, but then appeared to give an opportunity to Ségolène Royal, the
By: Get rich
French Elections: Left Vs. Right
2007-04-23 12:50:00 It looks like there will be a run-off for French President between pro-American candidate Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist candidate Segolene Royal. Centre-right candidate Nicolas Sarkozy will face Socialist Segolene Royal in the run-off of France’s presidential election on 6 May. With all the votes counted in Sunday’s first round, Mr Sarkozy had 31%. Ms Royal, bidding ...
By: GayPatriot
Overview: 2007 French Elections
2007-04-23 09:34:00 On April 22, France will vote for a new president from among 12 candidates, including early front-runners Nicolas Sarkozy of the ruling Union for Popular Movement Party and Socialist Ségolène Royal.
By: Get rich
Overview: 2007 French Elections
2007-04-23 09:34:00 On April 22, France will vote for a new president from among 12 candidates, including early front-runners Nicolas Sarkozy of the ruling Union for Popular Movement Party and Socialist Ségolène Royal.
By: Get rich
Sarko v Ségo in French election
2007-04-23 04:54:00 Nicolas Sarkozy, France's rightwing former interior minister, last night stormed to one of the most impressive first-round victories in French presidential history, making him favourite to beat the socialist Sgolne Royal to the Elyse in a fortnight's
By: Get rich
Sarkozy v Royal in French election
2007-04-22 20:51:00 Conservative leader Nicolas Sarkozy finished first in the opening round of France's presidential election today and will meet Socialist rival Sgolne Royal in a runoff vote, official exit polls said.
By: Get rich
Voter turnout soars in French election
2007-04-22 18:10:00 to choose a new president, in a suspense-filled election that could be a turning point for France as it tries to steer a course into the 21st century. Nearly 74 percent of the 44.
By: Get rich
Decision time in French election
2007-04-22 14:26:00 Turnout at the polling booths is expected to be well up on 2002French voters are flocking to the polls to cast their ballot in a presidential election seen as the nation's most unpredictable in decades.
By: Get rich
Voting begins in French election
2007-04-22 08:10:00 Voter registration is up significantly in France and overseasPolls have opened in France in a presidential election seen as the nation's most unpredictable in decades.
By: Get rich
French election nears vote
2007-04-20 15:38:00 PARIS, April 20: France's most hotly contested election in decades came to a close Friday with 16 million voters reported as still being undecided.
By: newkerala.com
How much influence will off-shore voters have in the French election?
2007-04-19 11:10:00 One of the striking differences of this election vs previous ones is that there is an appreciation that a significant proportion of the French population lives overseas. Of a total population of 53 million voters, an estimated minimum of 2 million are resident abroad. Now 4% or so might not sound like a very big proportion but ...
Tumultuous run-up to French election
2007-04-02 19:43:00 PARIS, April 2: The run-up to this month's national election in France is fractious, with ministers shifting allegiances and Muslims supporting an anti-immigration candidate.
By: newkerala.com
I think I know how Le Pen got to second round in the 2002 French elections
2006-09-14 16:33:00 I remembered seeing this topic on the Aqoul blog, that, while it didn't actually mention Jean-MarieDhimmi Le Pen, it did give a very good hint just how he reached the second round in France's elections in 2002. As it says here, Lionel Jospin, who was actually one of the better liberal politicians back thenlost Arab votes ... after infuriating them by his statements against Hezbollah...This explained everything. As noted by CNN back in 2002, Le Pen's Front National party had otherwise dropped the anti-immigrant stance from their platform, one of the reasons why the Islamofascists in France may have seen in Le Pen as the lesser evil (for them, but for us he's equal to them in such terms), and bigots like him and them pretty much go hand in hand with each other. Thus, realizing how much they had in common (they don't like Jews, Blacks, French, Asians, stuff like that), so Le Pen and plenty of Islamists pretty much broke whatever ice was between each other, and thus, an alliance wa...
By: Tel-Chai Nation
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