France regional elections: Sarkozy go home! by Zivka Deleva

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his party Union for popular movement (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire) was defeated on the second round of the regional polls that were held this weekend. The Socialists overwhelmingly gained fully 22 French regions, and 4 were left for the center-right party! Expressed in numbers, together with it’s left-wing partners, the Socialist Party gained 54.12 percent, and Sarkozy’s party got 35.5 percent. But, unfortunately for the socialists, they didn’t make it to rein in the mainland regions, except for one - Corsica. Still, Sarkozy won Alsace, one of the most important ganglion of the conservatism. UMP won in French Guia! na, the oversees department in South Africa and in the Indian Ocean island of Reunion. Sarkozy was generous to admit the defeat, but shared that he would go on with the reforms he has already started. These are the worst ever results for his party in 30 years! This undoubtedly will reflect on his presidency, which already stands on icy table legs. The leader of the Socialists, Martine Aubry was happy to pronounce the victory as an “unprecedented one for the left”. Sarkozy and his ruling party were definitely punished. “By voting but also, for many people, by abstaining, the French people have also expressed their rejection of the policies of the president and his government. I really believe that they have punished an unfair policy, of fiscal gifts for the most privileged to the detriment of employment and the fight against unemployment and to the detriment of the purchasing power.” The Socialists gained the upper hand over the center-right, winnin! g 30 percent of the votes in the first round, and Sarkozy̵! 7;s part y together with its coalition partners won 26.5 percent. Maybe that is not the biggest problem, like the fact that fully 52 percent of the people with the right to vote, didn’t do that! France next elections are going to be held in two years, when it is going to be questioned the presidential place of Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy.

by Zivka Deleva for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

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