http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/france/what-now-then/ European Opinion Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:41:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/france/what-now-then/#comment-16493 Ibn Kafka Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:25:36 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/wordpress/?p=2764#comment-16493 Interestingly, re Fabius-country, the French historian Emmanuel Todd, the one who foresaw the fall of the USSR in 1976 at the age of 25, points out in Libération (http://www.liberation.fr/actualite/politiques/elections2007/219111.FR.php?mode=PRINTERFRIENDLY ) that the regions where Fabius received in excess of 20% of the votes are the industrial ones (Alsace, Lorraine, Normandie, Limousin, Somme Ardennes) - although he forgets that other industrial regions such as Nord-Pas de Calais and Bouches-du-Rhône went heavily for Ségolène Royal... Interestingly, re Fabius-country, the French historian Emmanuel Todd, the one who foresaw the fall of the USSR in 1976 at the age of 25, points out in Libération (http://www.liberation.fr/actualite/politiques/elections2007/219111.FR.php?mode=PRINTERFRIENDLY ) that the regions where Fabius received in excess of 20% of the votes are the industrial ones (Alsace, Lorraine, Normandie, Limousin, Somme Ardennes) - although he forgets that other industrial regions such as Nord-Pas de Calais and Bouches-du-Rhône went heavily for Ségolène Royal…

]]> http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/france/what-now-then/#comment-16492 James Sun, 19 Nov 2006 03:52:44 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/wordpress/?p=2764#comment-16492 Another difference from 2002 will be that people have seen what can happen if they desert the Socialists in the first round. She could just be counting on the hope that people would rather compromise their principles slightly and vote for her in the first round rather than be forced to go with Sarkozy in the second. But all this is depended on a Le Pen candidacy. It's been a while since I've followed French politics really, but I presume he's running, right? Another difference from 2002 will be that people have seen what can happen if they desert the Socialists in the first round. She could just be counting on the hope that people would rather compromise their principles slightly and vote for her in the first round rather than be forced to go with Sarkozy in the second. But all this is depended on a Le Pen candidacy. It’s been a while since I’ve followed French politics really, but I presume he’s running, right?

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