Dazzle Fades As Sarkozy Depends On Far Right
Bernama Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:14 PM PDT
PARIS, April 23 (Reuters) - Five years after his passionate promises to shake up France and put more money in workers' pockets swept him to power, Nicolas Sarkozy is fighting for his political life. |
Le Pen voters to arbitrate Hollande-Sarkozy duel
The Star Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:08 PM PDT
PARIS (Reuters) - Far-right voters may decide who becomes France's next president after anti-immigration crusader Marine Le Pen's record first-round score jolted the race between Socialist frontrunner Francois Hollande and incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy. |
How WWII codes on Twitter thwarted French vote law
The Malaysian Insider Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:56 PM PDT
PARIS, April 23 â€" Twitter users turned yesterday’s French presidential election into a battle between a green Hungarian wine and a red Dutch cheese in a bid to get round tough laws banning result predictions. The #RadioLondres hashtag was the top France trend on Twitter during the first-round presidential vote, in homage to World War II codes ... |
'I'm worried about the future - whoever wins'
The Irish Times Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:35 PM PDT
JASMINA STEFANOVIC emerged from the primary school on rue du Jourdain smiling broadly, her ballot cast and her expectations high. As for many voters here in the staunchly left-wing 20th arrondissement of Paris, the question for Stefanovic, a freelance researcher, was how to choose between François Hollande and the alternatives to his left. |
French far right cries victory loudest
The Malaysian Insider Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:26 PM PDT
PARIS, April 23 â€" Far-right victory cries all but drowned out left-wing cheers yesterday as anti-immigration National Front leader Marine Le Pen upstaged France’s two main presidential rivals with a record score that makes her a kingmaker in their runoff. Almost everyone claimed victory: Le Pen voters feted a 19-per cent score that rattled the ... |
Blind fashion designer aims to make TV shows
Los Angeles Times Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:24 PM PDT
Mason Ewing, blinded at 15, is successful as a fashion designer in Paris. Now he wants to create a teen comedy and a dramatic series for television. He's been blind since age 15. But nobody can say that Mason Ewing lacks vision. |
French presidential candidate Francois Hollande bets on boring
Los Angeles Times Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:22 PM PDT
The Socialist known as 'Mr. Normal' is the polar opposite of rival Nicolas Sarkozy, and that appears to be what voters crave in these times of austerity. PARIS â€" Under the big top of Paris' Cirque d'Hiver, where in winter trapeze artists perform "death-defying" feats, big cats terrify and clowns trip and tumble, a middle-aged man who looks like a bank manager is waiting in the wings. |
Hollande edges Sarkozy in French vote, Le Pen surges
The Star Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:22 PM PDT
PARIS (Reuters) - Far-rightist Marine Le Pen threw France's presidential race wide open on Sunday by polling nearly 19 percent in the first round - votes that may tip a runoff between Socialist favourite Francois Hollande and conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy. |
Polls see clear win for Hollande in French runoff
The Star Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:21 PM PDT
PARIS (Reuters) - French Socialist presidential candidate Francois Hollande will beat incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy in the May 6 second-round ballot with about 53 to 56 percent of the vote, according to polls conducted after the close of Sunday's first round. |
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