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Aubry Will Lead French Socialist Party After Vote

Rival Royal refuses to accept outcome of contentious recount

BBC BBC Nov 25, 08 2:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Martine Aubry has edged out rival Ségolène Royal to become the leader of France’s Socialist Party, the BBC reports. A recount of last week’s vote, requested by Royal, actually widened Aubry’s winning margin. Royal, the party’s presidential candidate last year, said she would not accept confirmation of the vote by the national leadership, which leans against her. Aubry will be the first woman to lead the party. More »

More about:  France • Nicolas Sarkozy • election • vote • recount • Segolene Royal • Socialist Party • Martine Aubry

Royal Ahead as French Left Picks Leader

Defeated presidential candidate goes into runoff with big lead

Reuters Reuters Nov 21, 08 7:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Ségolène Royal has emerged as the strongest candidate to take over France's Socialist Party as a bitter leadership contest goes to a runoff today, Reuters reports. Royal, defeated by Nicolas Sarkozy in last year's presidential race, will face Martine Aubry, the mayor of Lille who as a minister introduced the controversial 35-hour working week. Royal polled 42% while Aubry won 35%; either will become the first woman to lead the party. More »

More about:  France • Segolene Royal • Socialist Party • French politics • Martine Aubry

Gay Paris Mayor Sets Sights on Presidency

Delanoë, ahead in opposition polls, says France is ready

Daily Telegraph (UK) Daily Telegraph (UK) May 22, 08 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The battle is on for the leadership of France's opposition Socialist Party, and a man who says the nation is ready for a gay president is the surprise leader, the Telegraph reports. Bertrand Delanoë, the popular mayor of Paris, is the early favorite, outpolling Ségolène Royal, who lost last year's election to Nicolas Sarkozy.  More »

More about:  France • Nicolas Sarkozy • Paris • homosexuality • Segolene Royal • Socialist Party • gays • Bertrand Delanoe

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Socialist Party Wins in Spain

But ruling party will fall short of majority in parliament

BBC BBC Mar 9, 08 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Spain's Socialist Party overcame a sputtering economy and the murder of a former councilor to win today's national election, the BBC reports. "The Spanish people have spoken clearly and have decided to open a new period without tension, without confrontation," Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero told a crowd of supporters in Madrid. More »

More about:  economy • election • gay marriage • Spain • Madrid • Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero • Socialist Party • gender bias • Popular Party

Spain Divided Ahead of Big Vote

Nasty campaign will weigh in on Zapatero era

Washington Post Washington Post Mar 8, 08 6:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Spaniards are bitterly divided between the ruling Socialist Party and right-wing Popular Party as they head for the polls tomorrow, the Washington Post reports. Polls do not predict a majority for Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's socialists or the Mariano Rajoy-led Popular Party, but much will depend on the turnout of the young, who skew toward Zapatero, the Washington Post reports. More »

Ségolène Royal Blasts Ex-Lover in New Book

French prez candidate blames her party for
her election loss

Times (UK) Times (UK) Dec 4, 07 9:43 AM CST
(Newser) - A new book by Ségolène Royal hits stores in France today, writes the Times of London, and the unsuccessful presidential candidate apologizes for nothing in a fierce, at times vengeful 330 pages. Royal directs much of the blame for her defeat at her own Socialist party and particularly François Hollande, her ex-partner and the party chairman, who she says let her sink. More »

More about:  France • Nicolas Sarkozy • Segolene Royal • Socialist Party • Francois Hollande

France Passes Controversial DNA Immigration Bill

DNA testing has citizens up in arms

BBC BBC Oct 24, 07 6:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - France's hotly contested immigration bill that includes provisions for DNA testing passed the legislature yesterday. The bill tightens restrictions on would-be immigrants applying for entry to reunite with family members already in the country, and could include DNA testing to prove they're related to people living in France. More »

More about:  France • Nicolas Sarkozy • immigration • DNA • Socialist Party • French Parliament

French Lefty
Makes an Unlikely Hawk

Kouchner pleases US with Iran rumblings,
but he's no sure thing

CNN CNN Sep 17, 07 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The founder of Doctors Without Borders might seem a peculiar mouthpiece for the new law-and-order regime of Nicolas Sarkozy, but Bernard Kouchner actually fits right in with France’s more muscular foreign policy tone. The surprise choice for foreign minister,  Kouchner is an anomaly, a Socialist who supports the Iraq war, CNN reports in a profile of the man Boutros Boutros-Ghali once called "an unguided missile." More »

More about:  Iraq war • Iran • France • Nicolas Sarkozy • United States • Bernard Kouchner • Socialist Party • Doctors Without Borders

Royal, Now Solo, Comes Back to Politics

Defeated candidate forgives her ex but goes after his job

Times (UK) Times (UK) Sep 7, 07 4:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Defeated for the French presidency and newly single, Ségolène Royal is relaunching her political career with a tell-all in one of the country's mass-market celebrity mags. And not just any celebrity mag: She's on the cover of Paris Match , employer of the other woman in her relationship with François Hollande, the London Times reports. More »

More about:  France • Segolene Royal • Socialist Party • Paris Match • Francois Hollande

Fires Are 'National Humiliation'

Officials say blazes are contained, but critics condemn 'national humiliation'

BBC BBC Aug 29, 07 5:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Firefighters in Greece said today they have tamed the wildfires that have ravaged the countryside, the BBC reports, but the political tempest over the handling of the crisis is just heating up. As protesters demonstrated in Athens against the government, crews said the fires that have claimed 63 lives are “generally receding” but admitted that some blazes continued. More »

More about:  wildfires • firefighters • Greece • Socialist Party • Athens • Peloponnese • Greece fires • Costas Karamanlis

Royal and Hollande Part Ways

Socialist candidate tosses out partner over affair, plans to pursue his job

Times (UK) Times (UK) Jun 18, 07 9:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Segolene Royal, the glamorous Socialist candidate who made a failed run at the French presidency, announced today that she's splitting with her partner of 28 years and the father of her four children, Francois Hollande. The cause of the rift, which has been rumored for months: his "love story" with another woman. More »

More about:  divorce • affair • Segolene Royal • Socialist Party • Paris Match • Francois Hollande

Sarkozy's Party Loses Ground to Socialists

Parliamentary elections show left is alive, but Sarkozy's  majority still solid

New York Times New York Times Jun 18, 07 6:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - The French left refused to roll over and play dead in parliamentary elections yesterday, giving Nicolas Sarkozy a smaller majority than expected. Sarkozy's Conservative Party won a strong enough mandate to push through its ambitious tax cuts and easing of labor restrictions, the New York Times reports, but loses some psychological momentum. More »

More about:  France • Nicolas Sarkozy • election • Conservative Party • Socialist Party • French elections • French Parliament

Sarkozy Preps for Landslide in Parliament

Projected majority for UMP could signal mandate for new Prez

BBC BBC Jun 11, 07 8:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - More Paris news: Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP party is making a beeline towards a landslide in the French parliamentary election, according to first round polls. UMP could win at least 383 of 577 seats, meaning a serious mandate for Sarko to push through rightish economic reforms. But the election is anyone's game until next week's second round. More »

More about:  France • Nicolas Sarkozy • Socialist Party • French elections • French Parliament • UMP

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