nunoncastors (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
Can someone please explain to me why this nation’s media outlets report the American Election Circus as though it were our own? We don’t hear about the French elections, nor the German, nor indeed, anywhere else’s, so why America’s? Why would anyone in this country give a fuck what John McCain’s just said, who Barack [...]
Computer World (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Comparison of results in for recent French elections revealed that polling stations using electronic voting systems suffered more voting discrepancies than polling stations using traditional paper votes.
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 –…
AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Filed under: Etc. , Legislation and Policy , European Union Ségolène Royal (left) was the Socialist candidate who lost the French Presidential election and is currently the president of the Poitou-Charentes region. She said last weekend that Total, the big French oil company whose CEO thinks gas is cheap , should give back part of its profits to the people. Her idea is to have the company investing...
Sri Lanka Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
by Kumara Kaluarachchi (June 07, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) World’s most ruthless terrorist Veupillei Prabakaran and his LTTE supporters are playing the political games. First he and his goons backed Socialist Ségolène Royal openly during the French Presidential Elections, April 2007. They have spent money and manpower promoting Ms Royal. Unfortunately for them, Nicolas Sarkozy, the combative son...
Mark Mardell's Euroblog (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
Around the time of the French presidential election a rather cheesy French TV series featured the French president, Segolene Royal, picking up the phone to speak to her American counterpart Hillary Clinton. Segolene lost and the other fictional projection looks...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
Paris - One year after they gave Nicolas Sarkozy a solid victory over Socialist Segolene Royal in the French presidential election, a number of French voters appear to regret their choice, according to a poll published Monday in the daily Le Figaro. ...
WebPro News (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
Five-time French presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the far-right National Front party, is hoping to make some money by auctioning his old bulletproof car on eBay. Le Pen, who was a surprise second in the 2002 French presidential election, put his party headquarters up for sale earlier this year after costly defeats in presidential and legislative elections last year left his party...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
Paris - The losing candidate in the 2007 French presidential elections, Socialist Segolene Royal, on Friday said that she was preparing another run for the presidency in 2012. Asked on France Inter radio if she was looking to stand again for the offi...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
A year after his victory in the first round of French presidential elections, Nicolas Sarkozy will attempt tonight to refloat an administration which threatens to sink into a morass of internal bickering and popular discontent.
Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
The opposition Socialists beat out the ruling UMP in many cities, prompting calls for the French president to modify his ambitious plans.
OTB News (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
The opposition Socialists beat out the ruling UMP in many cities, prompting calls for the French president to modify his ambitious plans. Share This
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
PARIS | Partial results in France’s municipal elections on Sunday showed President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative party headed toward defeat and losing control of key cities.
OTB News (Free subscription) | 03/16/2008
PARIS (Reuters) - France goes to the polls for the final round of municipal elections on Sunday, which could leave the left in charge of most major French cities and put pressure on President Nicolas Sarkozy to change his style of government. Share This
Reuters (Free subscription) | 03/16/2008
PARIS (Reuters) - France goes to the polls for the final round of municipal elections on Sunday, which could leave the left in charge of most major French cities and put pressure on President Nicolas Sarkozy to change his style of government.
