The Independent (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
The mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, has revealed that he will run for the leadership of the French Socialist Party, setting the stage for a showdown with former presidential candidate Ségolène Royal.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
SHE almost scaled the summit of French power but these are difficult days for Ségolène Royal, the former Socialist presidential candidate. Last week she was struggling to convince police that it was worth investigating a series of mysterious breakins at her apartment.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
Paris - Parisian mayor Bertrand Delanoe is in the lead ahead of former presidential candidate Segolene Royal to head the opposition French Socialist Party (PS), according to a poll published Sunday in the Le Parisien newspaper. The poll has 25 per ce...
with both hands (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
The Paris awaiting the arrival of Barack Obama is the new Paris. The elcetorate that said NON ! to fine looking Socilaiste Trim Segolene Royal and Ouis! to Nick Sarkozy, a guy who sounds like he grew up in Chicago's Hegewisch Neighborhood - probably has Mooji cousins there working in the last of the steelmills. Nick said, 'Obama is my Buddy!' Time to worry, Junior. Nick Sarkozy represents change in...
French Politics (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Ségolène Royal's apartment was burgled, and she charged that Sarkozy was behind it. Now a court has awarded Bernard Tapie a large settlement in a lawsuit, and François Bayrou alleges that Sarko is behind that, too. It's a good thing he's a hyperpresident. Otherwise he wouldn't have enough time to get into so much mischief. It is a trifle unseemly, though, for presidential candidates to be
aidan maconachy blog (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Segolene Royal , the defeated presidential candidate, is a woman who isn't afraid to speak her mind. Recently she accused President Sarkozy and his wealthy friends of attempting a "take-over" of France. Her concern is understandable. Sarkozy has made moves that create the impression he is rewarding his pals. He recently banned advertising on state-owned television. The spin-off effect from this will...
aidan maconachy blog (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Tags: Segolene Royal , Sarkozy , break-in
Transatlantic Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
Former French presidential candidate Ségolène Royal recently unleashed a polemic by noting that the French government played "no role whatsoever" in obtaining the freedom of Ingrid Betancourt and the other 14 hostages recently liberated in Colombia. But what exactly has been the effect of French diplomacy upon the Colombian hostage crisis and, more generally, on the conflict pitting the Colombian government...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
The latest political "scandale" to roil Paris has the elements of a Cold War thriller. It started this week, when Ségolène Royal...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
French former presidential candidate refuses to back down from allegation that the president and members of his political 'clan' were linked to a break-in at her apartment
Berry Deep France (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
The French press have been more than a little worried about Segolene Royal in recent days. They are wondering if the former presidential candidate for the socialist party has not finally lost her marbles. The reason is a prime time TV interview on France’s second channel – France 2. At around 8.15pm, on 8th July, in front of several million viewers, Ms Royal more or less accused President Nicolas...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Former socialist presidential candidate Ségolène Royal insinuates that the French president was behind a burglary at her home, but does not provide proof to back up her claim
French Politics (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Ségolène Royal's apartment in Boulogne was burglarized--"sacked," she says--for a third time. She sees a French version of CREEP (the Committee to Re-Elect the President, responsible for Watergate in the US way back in the 70s) at work. Her accusation, made on national television, has triggered a furor. The police investigating the affair report that the door to her apartment was not locked, the
The First Post (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Segolene Royal, the socialist candidate beaten by Nicolas Sarkozy in last year's French presidential election, has accused supporters of Sarkozy of being involved in a break-in at her flat –…
BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
French politicians react angrily to accusations that President Sarkozy is linked to a break-in at the flat of Socialist Segolene Royal.
