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It is a measure of how low expectations have sunk that France’s Socialist Party (PS) is celebrating after winning scarcely more than a third of the seats in the country’s newly elected National Assembly. Pollsters had been forecasting electoral oblivion; instead, the PS merely received a drubbing at the hands … Continue Reading…
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. The resurgent Conservative Party under David Cameron sensed that Tony Blair’s departure from office was a huge opportunity. With Gordon Brown taking over as Prime Minister when Blair resigns on 27 June, they argued, the Labour government would be pulled further to the … Continue Reading…
The second and final round of French parliamentary elections took place yesterday, and results are interesting : if, as expected, Sarkozy’s party (UMP) got a clear majority within the Parliament, the Socialists got a rather good result compared to the gloomy projections of one week ago.
The President Party got 314 seats, … Continue Reading…