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French hope for change as ‘Mr. Normal’ defeats ‘President of the Rich’
François Hollande has won the presidency of France, turning the tide on a rightwards and xenophobic lurch in European politics and vowing to transform Europe’s handling of the economic crisis by fighting back against German-led austerity measures. The 57-year-old rural MP and self-styled Mr Normal, a moderate social democrat from…
Hollande wins France presidential election
Socialist party candidate Francois Hollande won the French presidential runoff election Sunday evening, defeating incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in a close, contentious campaign. Hollande received 52 percent of the vote to the 48 percent garnered by the conservative Sarkozy, who conceded to his opponent an hour after projected results were in.…
France votes in presidential showdown
French voters went to the polls Sunday to give their final verdict in the hard-fought presidential battle between right-wing incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy and his Socialist challenger Francois Hollande. Opinion polls and electioneering were banned in the final 32 hours before polling stations opened at 8:00 am (0600 GMT), but Hollande…
French socialist candidate Francois Hollande promises gender equity in cabinet positions
He has promised an equal number of men and women in cabinet, and a new ministry of women’s rights. But will François Hollande turn out to the be president who finally took on the pervasive sexism in French politics, if as expected he wins Sunday’s presidential election? The Socialist frontrunner,…
Gloves off in battle for French presidency
Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande took the gloves off for the last major rallies of their ferocious battle for the French presidency, three days before their final run-off. The tone for the last days of campaigning was set by a fierce television debate on Wednesday, in which the right-wing incumbent Sarkozy and Socialist challenger…
Hollande sees ‘moment of hope’ for Europe in Socialist win
TOULOUSE, France — French presidential favourite Francois Hollande made his final rallying call Thursday in the city of Toulouse where a few weeks ago an Islamist killer brought a brief halt to a bitter election campaign. The Socialist candidate confidently declared that his triumph on Sunday over right-wing incumbent Nicolas…
Report claims Kadhafi regime ‘agreed to fund Sarkozy 2007 campaign’
Moamer Kadhafi’s regime agreed to fund French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 election campaign to the tune of 50 million euros, a news website reported Saturday, publishing what it said was documentary evidence. The 2006 document in Arabic, which website Mediapart said was signed by Kadhafi’s foreign intelligence chief Mussa Kussa,…
Strauss-Kahn accuses Sarkozy as France vote looms
France’s presidential race heads into its home straight as ex-IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn (pictured), a Socialist once tipped to win the vote, blames Nicolas Sarkozy for his spectacular downfall. (AFP Photo/Sergei Supinsky) France’s presidential race heads … France’s presidential race headed into its home straight Saturday as ex-IMF boss Dominique…
Sarkozy, Hollande step up battle for far-right votes
Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist rival Francois Hollande stepped up their battle on Tuesday for the six million votes that went to the far-right in the first round of France’s presidential election. “It’s up to me to convince the National Front (FN) voters,” Hollandetold Liberation newspaper, arguing that many of them were in fact left-wing and their support…
Socialist candidate favored to beat Sarkozy in French presidential run-off
PARIS — Socialist Francois Hollande will beat Nicolas Sarkozy in the second round of France’s presidential election by 54 percent to 46, according to the first opinion polls after Sunday’s first round vote. A survey by the Ipsos institute commissioned by French public television and the daily Le Monde predicted…
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