Incoming French President Signals Budget Cuts, Handouts to Banks - by Kumeran Ira and Alex Lantier
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/may2012/fran-m09.shtml
"...The anti-working class policies that the incoming Hollande administration is planning constitute a devastating indictment of the bankrupt policies of the petty bourgeois 'left' parties, including Jean-Luc Melenchan's Left Front and the New Anti-Capitalist Party (NPA). Those parties called for a Hollande vote, without any conditions. When Hollande begins to impose social cuts, it is not difficult to foresee that these forces will do everything they can to demobilize working class opposition as they did during Sarkozy's term.
These forces are also complicit in Hollande's continuation of Sarkozy's alignment toward US foreign policy. Hollande supported the war against Libya, and has made clear in press releases that he supports Sarkozy's policy of threatening war with Iran and military intervention in Syria. He has promised not to reverse Sarkozy's decision to integrate France into the NATO command structure.."