French Right trounces left in legislatives; Now in full control!

http://www.tf1.fr ^ | 16 June 2002, 8pm CET | TF1.fr, LCI.fr

[July 4th]

Estimates available at poll closing time have the Right taking 399 seats, the left 178! It's an absolute law-making majority for the right.

Along with Chirac as President, the whole of France's government is now run by the right.

Initial polls indicate nearly 40% of the French electorate has abstained from this election, making it the highest abstention on record.

[July 4th]

The Right continues to roll across Europe!

[Mo1]

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[Conservative Chicagoan]

This is good news.

[Conservative Chicagoan]

Hopefully soon we won't have to worry about them helping the terrorists.

[callisto]

Bump for good news.

[johniegrad]

What exactly does "The Right" mean in France? How is the "right" defined by the issues and how does it compare to the right here in the United States?

[monkeywrench]

But their right is to the left of our right, right?

[elfman2]

Hmm, another story you'll never hear on CNN.

[Dog]

Knighthawk you might be interested in this..

[muawiyah]

The "left" in France is a melange of commies and traditional socialists. The "right" is pretty much like the old Roosevelt coalition Democratic Party in the US.

The French have absolutely no equivalent to the Republican Party since all of those people emigrated from or escaped France several hundred years ago and live in the United States or Canada.

French Republicans play a considerable part in the governance of the Unites States today with the Presidency itself held by the Bossier family, the Vice President by the Cherniers, and the Speaker of the House held by the Hasterts.

Are there any further questions on the matter?

[elfman2]

" What exactly does "The Right" mean in France? "

Good question, probably means that they still want socialism, but with capital punishment for resistors.

[johniegrad]

Thanks.

[crystalk]

The Bush family has been in New England since the 1630's, and already spoke English, came from England, and was known as Busshe, so where does this Bossier come in? Way back with the Norman Conquest?

[Teacher317]

"Bush" is of French ancestry? I haven't seen him surrender yet. ;^)

[LarryLied]

399 seats, the left 178

This is the type of majority Democrats had in Congress under Carter.

[July 4th]

Granted, there will be no end to state-supported programs and infrastructure. Socialism will remain. However, the right favors tax cuts and devolution of power to the local level - two similarities to our own right. There are also indications that some of Le Pen's ideas on immigration and crime will be legitimately discussed.

[muawiyah]

Being in New England by 1598 is meaningful. Being there in 1541 is even more meaningful! But being in England itself between 1515 and 1668 can very well mean you'd rather be back home in France except for the fact that your church preferences are causing a serious problem.

Check out the Huguenot sites for a full explanation of why so many Franco-American families had a generation or two sojourn in UK or Nederland, or even a German or Scandinavian state. This will also help you discover the true basis for our Bill of Rights.

"Bush" is a simple way to Anglicize "Bossier". There are several dozens other ways it may be done.

[July 4th]

From the BBC:

Preliminary results suggest that centre-right parties supporting President Jacques Chirac's have won a landslide victory in the second round of France's parliamentary elections.

According to exit polls, the UMP - an alliance of groups backing the recently-re-elected president - has won 399 seats in the 577-seat national assembly.

The polls suggest that the Socialists - who won the previous parliamentary elections in 1997 - held on to about 150 seats.

Their Communist allies won 23 seats, according to the polls.

The far-right National Front appears to have won no seats despite leader Jean-Marie Le Pen's strong showing in May's presidential vote.

The results puts an end of five years of uneasy "cohabitation" between Mr Chirac has endured and a left-wing prime minister.

If confirmed, the results would give conservatives their biggest parliamentary majority since 1993 and offer Mr Chirac a strong mandate to implement crime fighting measures, tax cuts, the loosening of labour laws and a state pension reform.

The Socialists, still in disarray after being ousted in the first round of the presidential elections by the far-right, were hoping for a high turnout to limit the centre-right victory.

Coming close on the heels of the two-round presidential race, Sunday's election sees French people voting for the fourth time in three months.

Jean-Marie Le Pen's anti-immigrant National Front saw a large amount of its support disappear in the first round of voting.