Posted on 09/28/2014 1:35:35 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Conservatives won French Senate elections Sunday to take control of parliament’s upper house, handing President François Hollande’s Socialists a new setback.
The far-right National Front party also gained its first two Senate seats in the balloting.
The Senate press office said a final count will await tallies from all of France’s overseas holdings—not likely until Monday, but it was already clear that the conservatives were back in control of the 348-seat chamber. …
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I’m not sure how big a deal this really is. Aren’t the French conservatives basically the same as the Workers World Party here in the States?
“The far-right National Front party”
I’m waiting breathlessly for the designation of “far-left” to be applied to any of the socialist/commie parties.
Will they be waving white flags any time soon?
The mainstream” Right like the UMP is similar to Cameron’s “Lavatories” in England. You get great emotional image making speeches.
The FN is more nationalistic but also more accepting of socialistic premises of the French system....
Gallic Ping.
I wish the FN was more nationalistic and less in love with Iran and Muslims in general.
French conservatives...is that code for rinos?
So it starts—first France then UK and Germany—the train of civilization is on the right track.
Sacrebleu!
So ends the brief Socialist control of the French Senate, which they won 3 years ago, ending 53 years of “conservative” rule.
I know Olog, they are even worse than New Zealand’s John Key, but still, I would consider this a positive.
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