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France's Conservatives Take a Beating in Second Round Election
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Mar 28, 2004 02:29pm |
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| Media | News Service - Associated Press |
| News Date | Sunday, March 28, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | France's Conservatives Take a Beating in Second Round Election
The Honolulu Advertiser
French voters delivered a stinging defeat to President Jacques Chirac's government and its program of painful economic reforms in regional elections Sunday that turned into a national vote of censure, exit polls showed. The stunning rebuke, with victories by the opposition left in many regions, will increase pressure on Chirac to reshuffle his conservative government, and perhaps even ditch his prime minister, the unpopular Jean-Pierre Raffarin. Turnout was high, with approximately two-thirds of the country's nearly 42 million voters casting ballots, exit polls showed.
The leader of the triumphant Socialists, Francois Hollande, said a mere ministerial shuffle would not be enough to assuage voters, "no matter how big it is." Instead, he said the government must keep its hands off France's treasured public sector. Former Socialist Prime Minister Laurent Fabius called the results "very, very spectacular." |
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