In the second round of the Socialist primary elections wich took place yesterday the voters selected François Hollande. Read the rest of this entry »
Monday October 17th, 2011 17:46 François Hollande will run against Nicolas Sarkozy
Friday October 7th, 2011 15:29 French to choose the socialist challenger to beat Sarkozy
This coming Sunday the French Socialist party will hold a rare nationwide primary -the second time they hold a primary as the party’s leadership used to choose its own candidate- to decide who will challenge President Nicolas Sarkozy in the coming spring elections. Read the rest of this entry »
Wednesday August 31st, 2011 16:43 The ever interesting French politicians
The French presidential election will take place on 22 April with a run-off on 6 May were it to be necessary. As in the US there are two main parties contending, in the French case the Socialists and the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP ). Read the rest of this entry »
Monday April 12th, 2010 11:56 Three French women
Another French woman could have a great importance in the next presidential election in France. After the Socialist Party leader Martine Aubry and the Communist head Marie-George Buffet, Cécile Duflot, the head of France’s Green Party has become a rising politician in Paris. Read the rest of this entry »
Wednesday November 26th, 2008 13:00 Finally an answer: Martine Aubry wins
The French Socialist party is finally if not satisfied at least relieved. After four days of total confusion, they managed to choose a leader. The decision has not been easy, as I already wrote a couple of days ago, but the votes have spoken. Read the rest of this entry »
Saturday November 22nd, 2008 16:53 Hillary and Ségolène, and it goes on…
Well, I was wrong. Yesterday, after publishing the article about Hillary and Ségolène in which I wrote that I was not expecting news on the next two days I had a second feeling that with these two matters of choosing the leader of the Socialist Party in France or the Secretary of State in the United States things could not stand still during the weekend. Read the rest of this entry »
Friday November 21st, 2008 13:12 Hillary and Ségolène, two women making news
On two countries on both sides of the Atlantic -the United States and France- women are making news in politics. Ségolène Royal in France and Hillary Clinton in the US. As I wrote yesterday the French, well those belonging to the Socialist Party, were voting to choose the leader of their party. I kind of expected to be able to tell you today who won but it was not to be. Read the rest of this entry »
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