French Politics

French Presidential Election: Preliminary Result Monday Morning

April 23, 2012
By Stephen
French Presidential Election: Preliminary Result Monday Morning

There is still no final result but here is where the candidates stand this morning according to Election Resources: François Hollande (PS) 28.6% (10,159,385) Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP)  27.1% (9,600,543) Marine Le Pen (FN)  18.0% (6,397,778) Jean-Luc Mélenchon (Left Front)  11.1% (3,951,795) François Bayrou (MoDem)   9.1% (3,229,482) Eva Joly (Green)  2.3% (806,504) Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (Arise the Republic)  1.8% (638,938) Philippe Poutou (New Anti-Capitalist)  1.2% (408,335) Nathalie Arthaud (Workers Struggle)  0.6% (201,425) Jacques Cheminade (Solidarity & Progress) 0.2% (88,115) It...

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French Election Results: Exit Poll

April 22, 2012
By Stephen
French Election Results: Exit Poll

The first exit poll results of the French Presidential Election were released at 7pm (8pm CET) this evening and are as follows (there was a ban on reporting exit polls before the close of polls): François Hollande 28.4% (PS) Nicolas Sarkozy 25.5% (UMP) Marine le Pen 20% (FN) Jean-Luc Mélenchon 11.7% (Left Front) François Bayrou 8.5% (MoDem) Eva Joly 2% (Green) Nicolas Dupont-Aignan 1.8% (Arise the Republic) Philippe Poutou 1.2% (New Anti-Capitalist) Nathalie Arthaud 0.8% (Workers Struggle) Jacques Cheminade...

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French Presidential Election, 2012

April 9, 2012
By Stephen
French Presidential Election, 2012

With so much focus on the US Republican Race we seem to not notice the election over on the mainland that will have more effect on us then the result of that election. I am of course talking about the French Presidential Election. The first round of voting is on April 22nd. The current President, Nicolas Sarkozy, faces 9 opponents in his hope of re-election. Those running for the Presidency are: Nicolas Sarkozy (Union for a Popular Movement UMP) Francois Hollande...

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France and its Non-”French” Residents

September 19, 2010
By Stephen
France and its Non-”French” Residents

France is a bit of bother in the last week. Firstly there is the expulsion in mass of its Roma Residents, which has gotten France into trouble with the European Commission. Then the French Senate voted  to ban the Niqab and Burka. France could be brought to the European Court of Human Rights, if the French Constitutional Court upholds the ban. This is not setting a good example in my opinion. The French are showing their intolerance of the...

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