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French Presidential Election Results - Sun, May 6, 2012

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Wilf Day
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June 18, 2012 - 1:44am
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Ken Burch wrote:

They could also ask the Left Front for support on a case-by-case basis on constitutional reform. 

The figures seem to be changing. Wait and see.

These results so far include projections. For example, the 11 overseas constituencies have not yet reported.


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June 18, 2012 - 1:42am
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France's Socialists Win Parliament: What Next? (and vid)

http://www.rt.com/news/parliament-european-france-socialist-048/

"France's Socialist Party has won an absolute majority in the second round of parliamentary voting, exit polls suggest. But Hollande, who now controls the entire parliament, is unlikely to deliver on his promises, says former Belgian MP Lode Vanoost. The Socialist Party (PF) has won 300 seats, surpassing the 289 seats required for total control of the 577 member National Assembly after Sunday's run-off. Nicolas Sarkozy's center-right Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) secured 207 seats.

France's far-right National Front has returned to parliament for the first time since 1998, according to AFP reports, but its anti-immigrant and anti-EU leader Marine Le Pen has lost her bid for a seat by a handful of votes..."


Ken Burch
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June 18, 2012 - 3:44am
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After all the enthusiasm he inspired during the presidential campaign, you'd have thought Melenchon's alliance would have done better in the National Assembly contests.  Instead, the Left Front seems to have pretty much collapsed.  Weird. 

At least Melenchon was able to apparently contribute to the defeat of Marine Le Pen in her National Assembly district(he'd contested the same seat and finished a strong enough third-place in the first round to have contested the second round if he'd wished)by withdrawing and throwing his support to the Socialist candidate there.  As a result, that candidate finished 100 votes ahead of Mme. Le Pen(although she may ask for a recount).


Ken Burch
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June 18, 2012 - 3:44am
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self-delete...accidental post.


Wilf Day
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June 18, 2012 - 11:38pm
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Final count:

Socialist Party and diverse left 299

Mouvement Républicain et Citoyen 3

Europe Ecology - The Greens 17

PRG (left-liberals) (Parti radical de gauche) 12

Left Front 10

MoDem (centrists, supported Hollande) 2

Centrist Alliance (caucuses with New Centre) 2

New Centre (centrists, supported Sarkozy) 12

Parti Radical (right-liberals) 6

Martinique Independence Movement 2 (A TV programme lists them with the left, even though they defeated socialist candidates)

UMP and diverse right 209

National Front 2

Other far-right 1

In the first of the districts for French abroad, covering the U.S. and Canada, Corinne Narassiguin (PS) has created a surprise by beating the former secretary of state from the UMP Frédéric Lefebvre.

For Latin America (2nd district), the candidate Europe Ecology-Greens Sergio Coronado, former spokesman of Green candidate for president Eva Joly (a member of the European Parliament), will swell the environmentalist caucus in the National Assembly.

Altogether the left won 8 of the 11 districts for French abroad.

For a 60% majority, needed to allow non-citizens to vote in the 2014 municipal elections as promised by Hollande, the left will need the two MoDem deputies and four others.


Wilf Day
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June 18, 2012 - 11:00pm
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  The National Assembly is feminized gradually.

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Following the legislative elections, 155 women will make their entry at the Palais Bourbon. A record for the Chamber of Deputies, but the count is far from respecting gender parity, a principle enshrined in the Constitution.

A record rate of 26.9%, against 18.5% five years earlier. This wave of women is closely linked to the victory of the Socialist Party, which brought in a significant number of female MPs.

This significant increase - 45% - is especially significant in that women were only 40% of the parliamentary candidates, two points less than in 2007. To explain this breakthrough in the National Assembly, Dominique Poggi, a sociologist speciaizing in questions about gender equality, suggests several theories: the women vied for more open districts, and they showed more fighting spirit than in 2007. "Voters know that women can do politics differently because they are generally more influenced by the public interest than by their personal careers," says the sociologist.

This increase allows France to catch up with other European countries in terms of feminization of institutions. Previously ranked 18th, the country now rises to 9th place (out of 27). With 26.9% women, France is above the EU average which stands at 24.62%. The parity principle has been enshrined in the French constitution since 2008.

If these figures represent progress towards gender equality, the association Dare Feminism is far from being satisfied with this result. The movement points to "the hypocrisy of the major parties." "They are approaching parity in terms of nominations, while sending women into non-winnable constituencies," it says.

The PS is represented by 106 women out of 280 socialists elected. "The score of 37.5% of women socialists is linked to the willingness of Martine Aubry, First Secretary of the PS, to renew the face of her party," says Mariette Sineau. "Voters reinforced this choice of feminization." She finishes: "Even if the party did not nominate 50% women, it made the effort to nominate them in winnable ridings."

Europe-Ecology Greens respects parity with 52% women, 9 of the 17 elected MPs.

For its part, the UMP shows itself a slow learner, with only 27 elected women against 194 men. They represent well under 14% of UMP deputies.

In the first round, only 30% of the UMP candidates were women, exposing the party to fines. "I plead guilty with regret, it's a trade-off we had to make and that was hard", said Jean-Francois Cope, Secretary General of the UMP, explaining that his party needed to keep a maximum of incumbent MPs to try to cope with the socialist flood feared by the UMP.

Nothing really surprising in the eyes of Dominique Poggi. "To the right, the rights of women have never been a priority," she asserts. "In this field, progress has been made more by the left parties."

The government, composed of 17 women of 34 ministers, respects gender parity.


Wilf Day
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June 19, 2012 - 1:11am
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Seybah Dagoma, 34, a lawyer, is deputy mayor of Paris in charge of the social economy, and is now MP for the 5th district of Paris for the Socialist Party. She was born in France, of origins in Chad. Razzy Hammadi, 33, former chair of the Socialist Youth Movement, now Deputy representing the seventh district of Seine Saint Denis, Montreuil and Bagnolet, born of an Algerian father and a Tunisian mother. Corinne Narassiguin, 37, born in Réunion, is a French New York based banker, elected for the socialists from the USA and Canada. Nathalie Chabanne, 38, married with two young daughters, the socialist "destroyer" of François Bayrou, the MoDem leader who had held the seat since 1986. She has served as department head of the local treasury of Tarbes since 2010. Laurent Grandguillaume, 34, Deputy Mayor of Dijon, now elected to the National Assembly for the Socialist Party. Olivier Dussopt, 33, youngest deputy in the last Assembly, re-elected for the socialists.

Wilf Day
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June 20, 2012 - 10:53am
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"Avec 155 femmes, la France fait un nouveau pas vers la parité. Ce chiffre reste malgré tout bien éloigné d'une parité complète. Les 422 hommes et 155 femmes marquent un net fossé à combler. L'Assemblée nationale gagne tout de même une cinquantaine de femmes par rapport à 2007. Il ne faut pas se faire d'illusion, sans un scrutin proportionnel complet, nous n'arriverons jamais à la parité."

With 155 women, France takes another step toward parity. This figure is however still far from complete parity. The 422 men and 155 women show a significant gap to fill. Still, the National Assembly has gained about fifty women since 2007. We must not deceive ourselves, without a full proportional voting system, we'll never get to parity."

Under France's Parity Law, they have equal numbers of men and women elected to regional assemblies and local councils, which use PR systems with zippered lists.


Wilf Day
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June 20, 2012 - 1:02pm
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Karine Berger, socialist, 39, economist, associate professor of economics at the ENA; since 2008 First Secretary of the PS Hautes-Alpes.

Barbara Pompili, Green, 37, worked for the Green caucus for the past ten years. Newly elected as an MP from the Somme (Amiens), she has just been named co-leader of the Green parliamentary caucus.

Audrey Linkenheld, socialist, 38, assistant for housing to the mayor of Lille since 2008.

 

Valérie Rabault, 39, socialist, economist, co-author with Karine Berger.

 

Barbara Romagnan, socialist, 38, a teacher and governor of the Canton of Besançon-Planoise. "She initially wanted to take her daughter to the nursery on Tuesday morning. This is rarely the concern of deputies. Barbara Romagnan, 38, elected in the new first division of the Doubs, took the 8:32 train to Paris. She saw her daughter, when she awoke, then she went to her first day as a deputy in the National Assembly."

 

 

 


Wilf Day
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June 22, 2012 - 12:29am
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Axelle Lemaire, the 37-year-old dual French and Canadian citizen, now a Socialist MP. who has made history by winning the new seat in France's national legislature representing the estimated 600,000 French expatriates living in Britain and Northern Europe. The London lawyer was born in Hull but left Canada as a teenager.

Cécile Duflot, 37, new Green deputy from a Paris suburb where she was deputy Mayor; Green party leader 2006-12; now Minister of Territorial Equality and Housing in the government of François Hollande.

Aurélie Filippetti, 39, new socialist deputy, and Minister of Culture and Communication in the government of François Hollande.

Nathalie Appéré, 36, new socialist deputy, First Deputy Mayor of Rennes and Vice-President of Metropolitan Rennes, named in 2010 Vice President of the National Council of Cities.

Estelle Grelier, 39, new socialist deputy, previously a Member of the European Parliament.

Julie Sommaruga, 36, new socialist deputy, previously deputy mayor of Bagneux in charge of education.

Catherine Troallic, 38, new socialist deputy, previously Regional Councillor of Haute-Normandie.

Paola Zanetti, 35, new socialist deputy, lawyer, Vice President of Regional Council of Lorraine, first elected Town Councillor since 2001 at age 24.


Wilf Day
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June 22, 2012 - 6:33pm
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Christian Assaf, 39, newly elected socialist deputy, whose father is of Lebanese descent.

And I believe that completes my wrap-up of diversity on the left under 40 in the new National Assembly.


DaveW
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June 22, 2012 - 6:01pm
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there are now 2 very dominant groups in the French Assembly, so the bar keep s geting lowered for party groups;

it used to be 30 seats to be an official group, then as the Comunists kept slipping it was lowered to 20 seats, now with the Greens and others, including Front de Gauche lobbying,  down  possibly to 10 seat as the new low ...

with FN group at 2-3 seats, where does it end?


Wilf Day
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June 24, 2012 - 3:31pm
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Une gauche qui ne renonce pas et une gauche qui ne divise pas:

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Je vois mal des députés Front de gauche voter une motion de censure ou alors on sera allé très loin dans les renoncements et les abandons.

DaveW wrote:
it used to be 30 seats to be an official group, then as the Comunists kept slipping it was lowered to 20 seats, now with the Greens and others, including Front de Gauche lobbying,  down  possibly to 10 seat as the new low ...

with FN group at 2-3 seats, where does it end?

A technical group of 15:

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. . . Huguette Bello, une dissidente du Parti communiste révolutionnaire (PCR) à la Réunion, et Alfred Marie-Jeanne, député indépendantiste de Martinique. M. Chassaigne, qui est en discussion avec eux, a également approché trois autres députés ultra-marins: deux autres Martiniquais et un Guadeloupéen.

Huguette Bello précise en outre que la présence de Jean-Luc Mélenchon dans ce groupe aurait certainement changé la donne. "André Chassaigne qui devrait le présider est quelqu'un de raisonnable. Il n'y a donc pas d'état d'âme à avoir." (The presence of Jean-Luc Melenchon in this group would have certainly changed the situation. "Andre Chassaigne (communist deputy) who is to chair is someone reasonable. There is therefore no shame or second thoughts to be had.") 


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