French Elections. An Exhaustive Roundup
yet I could not post all the posts I saved. everything you wanna know about the French Elections...
French Elections 2007 seems to be the best blog around on the issue. Check out the most recent developments....
France versus the world
Lucy Ash, Presenter, BBC World Service
Many French people say they are anti globalisation, but paradoxically France has launched dozens of world beating brands and grown rich on free trade..........
VIAFrance's presidential election becomes a test of personalities
Christopher Dickey of Newsweek International says
On paper, Nicolas Sarkozy offers France its best hope for change. And that's what the French say they think they want. The elegant socialist Ségolène Royal, his rival for the presidency, would certainly be different: France's first woman head of state, who presents herself more as a listener than a leader.
* In French Runoff, a Fight for the Center; Sarkozy, Royal Stress Ideological Differences Despite Proposals That Cross Divide
* A Paradoxical French Electorate; Voters in Presidential Race Demand, and Fear, Change
French presidential elections 2007
Conservative leader Nicolas Sarkozy will face Ségolène Royal, his Socialist opponent, in a run-off scheduled for 6 May. The first round was marked by the defeat of the far-right of Jean-Marie Le Pen and the emergence of the centrist François Bayrou, whose supporters will hold the swing votes for the final round.....
For the bigger The Geography of France’s Presidential Elections map, see here.
Europeans offer advice to the French as election nears France's new president should help solve the constitutional crisis that has clipped the wings of the EU, a new survey shows.
FT says Europe’s leaders eye Sarkozy partnership Nicolas Sarkozy may still have work to do to win the French presidency but he has already secured the unspoken support of Berlin, Brussels and London....
A French Election About Tolerance By: Jerry Lanson | The Christian Science Monitor The next two weeks of campaigning in this country's presidential runoff just might strain the civil manner in which life, business, and politics are carried out here. With the conservative Mr. Sarkozy holding a polling edge over Ms. Royal, one commentator on BBC television Sunday night suggested that Royal might try to make the final vote a referendum on the character of her opponent. Things could get nasty....
* The horse Sarkozy rides in on
* Why Ségolène can win…By Henning Meyer
* French Presidential Election Method is flawed By Steven Hill and Guillaume Serina
From the RSF blog:
* The democracy of smoke and mirrors
* A populist campaign?
* French democracy is crisis, and we wait to see what their “sixth republic” will look like
* Videos about the French presidential elections
* Foreigners prefer Royal, at least in Europe
* Campaign posters
* Sego's fan in Brussels
* The Third Man (Bayrou)
* I know something you don't know; A French blogger startles the establishment
* If you were a Le Pen voter
* Glum French women......may decide this election
Dossier of Tuesday, April 17, 2007; Europe's place in French political debate
Five days away from the first round of the French presidential elections, the press is examining the way the candidates have treated the subject of Europe during the campaign and takes stock Jacques Chirac's European policy....
France’s choice: the Bayrou factor; The competition between Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal for the votes of the “third man” will decide the presidential election’s outcome, says Patrice de Beer.
Agoravox: French elections - a mini roundup
Nicolas Sarkozy: Le petit homme furieux; 'Sarko' could soon be the new French president - a thought that worries many of his countrymen
French Elections: European Union and Political Mal-contents; by Professor Dr. Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai
AFOE's election day reporting:
* French presidential election: brief comments
* This is what 86% looks like
* Une certaine idée de la France, pt. 2
* Circular Logic Watch
French Elections, immobilism, and contemplativeness
Image, Anecdote, and Reality: Why Sarkozy Really Is to Be Feared Written by Patricia Alessandrini
Cafe Babel:
* France: we've got you sussed
* French presidential elections - no aspirin for Europe
* France’s European migrants disenfranchised
Gender Bash in France by Jim Hoagland
Internet Graffiti; In the French elections, the true flowering of dissent is happening on the Web.
France’s Identity Politics by Raphaël Hadas-Lebel
