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FRENCH Elections News, May 06, 2012 (1)


Hollande wins French election - pollster projections
Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - Socialist candidate Francois Hollande won France's presidentialelection runoff on Sunday, beating President Nicolas Sarkozy by a clear margin, according to projections by pollsters. Polling institutes predicted Hollande would win ...
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France awaits election results
WMTW Portland
France is a key player in plans to lead the eurozone out of its debt crisis, making theelection vital to the region. If Sarkozy is defeated, he will be the latest -- and most significant -- of at least half a dozen European leaders swept from office ...
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France votes in presidential run-off election
NorthJersey.com
AP AP PARIS — France voted in a presidential run-off election on Sunday that could see Socialist challenger Francois Hollande defeat incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy by capitalizing on public anger over the government's austerity policies.
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Projections suggest Hollande wins French election
Dayton Daily News
French citizens are choosing between Conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist challenger Francois Hollande as they vote during the final round of presidentialelections Sunday.(AP Photo/Aaron Favila) French citizens cast their vote in their ...
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France votes in presidential run-off election
Palm Beach Post
A French citizen casts her vote in her country's presidential election at an overseas voting center inside the French Embassy in Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Sunday, Mayl 6, 2012. French citizens are choosing between Conservative President ...
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Palm Beach Post
French elections: 'Here, immigration really and honestly isn't an issue'
The Guardian (blog)
A teacher, documentary-film maker and specialist in French-language African cinema, she will, like most of her corner of the capital, be voting for François Hollande. In the first round a fortnight ago, 58% of voters in her local polling station cast ...
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The Guardian (blog)
France chooses a new president during tough times
The Detroit News
By Greg Keller AP Socialist Party candidate for the presidential election Francois Hollande and his companion Valerie Trierweiler wave as he tours through villages near Tulle, central France, after voting in the second round of the presidential ...
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Angry Greeks vote in critical election
KLFY
Entertainment News from AP By DANIEL WOOLLS Associated Press French President Nicolas Sarkozy is widely expected to be kicked out of office in elections Sunday. If he goes, he'll be in good company: Almost every crisis-hit...More >> By DANIEL WOOLLS...
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French election: live report
Bangkok Post
People queue in front of ballots before voting at a polling station on May 6, 2012, in Strasbourg, eastern France, for the second round of the French presidential election. You can introduce your kids to edutainment reading with our Student Weekly ...
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Helsinki French vote in presidential election
YLE News
About 48 percent of French citizens resident in Finland turned out to vote in the first round of the presidential election at the end of April. French citizens resident in Finland turned up at the French embassy in Helsinki to vote in the country's ...
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Polls open in French presidential election
Focus News
Pollings stations opened across France on Sunday for the final round of a tense presidential election battle between incumbent right-winger Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist challenger Francois Hollande, AFP reports. More than 43 million Frenchcitizens in ...
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What's at stake as Europeans hold elections in 6 countries, including France ...
Washington Post
Six European countries are holding elections Sunday. Here is a quick look at what's at stake: —FRANCE: A presidential race is being held that could see Socialist challenger Francois Hollande defeat incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy by capitalizing on anger ...
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EU hints at easing austerity misery
The Australian
Olli Rehn, the top economic official of the 27-nation grouping, made a major concession on the eve of Francois Hollande's likely victory in the French election by saying there could be more efforts to stimulate growth. Mr Hollande has appeared to be on ...
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Armenia's parliamentary vote a test for Sarkisian
KFVS
The Senate is the newest arena in the election-year face-off over student loans, and both sides are starting out by pounding away at each other. By DANIEL WOOLLS Associated Press French President Nicolas Sarkozy is widely expected to be kicked out of ...
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French vote in crucial presidential run-off election between Sarkozy and Hollande
680 News
French President and UMP candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, center, is greeted by supporters as he leaves with his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy after casting his vote in the second round of French presidential elections in Paris, France, Sunday, May 6, 2012.
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Struggling to keep his job, Sarkozy votes in France election
WKMG Orlando
Concerns over the economy, unemployment and immigration have been at the forefront of the French election. In his final address Friday, Sarkozy, of the center-right UMP party, picked up on the debate over immigration as he appealed for the nation's ...
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For US Equity Bulls, Watch out for the Eurozone Minator!
Forbes
One might almost say that as important as the 2012 US General Election is to the future of our economy, equally so is the fate of the French, Greek, British and German national and local elections afoot. To wit, the French just voted (today) on the ...
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Ahead of elections, French Muslims feel like scapegoats for nation's problems
CNN (blog)
Though France is home to Western Europe's largest Muslim population, the question of whether someone could be both has surfaced here recently, ahead of a cliffhanger presidential election on Sunday. Many French politicians refer to Muslims as ...
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French twitter users to defy election embargo
Aljazeera.com
Swiss and Belgian media have also vowed to break the law, which prohibits individuals, media and polling institutes from publishing voting results or estimates before the closure of all polling stations on mainland France at 8pm on election day.
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In French election sobriety is new sign of times
Chicago Tribune
PARIS (Reuters) - When Nicolas Sarkozy won the French presidency in 2007, the roaring Noughties were still in full swing and his message of "work more to earn more" was in sync with the times. Five years later, sobriety, solidarity and a desire for ...
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France and Netherlands snub harsh austerity plans
gulfnews.com
The next day, candidates who advocated backtracking on European integration captured one-third of the vote in the first round of the Frenchpresidential election. Today, France is expected to turn left and electFrançois Hollande, who questions the ...
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gulfnews.com
Hollande poised for election victory
The Province
By Michael Mainville, Agence France-Presse May 5, 2012 Socialist Francois Hollande was on track to defeat rightwing incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy as France saw the final day of campaigning Friday before its presidential election run-off.
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Greek elections: 3 parties vie for top post
Seattle Post Intelligencer
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is widely expected to be kicked out of office inelections Sunday. If he goes, he'll be in good company: Just about every European country that has been hit by the debt crisis, and held elections since it began, ...
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Britain's French expatriates turn out to vote en masse
FRANCE 24
There are more than 70000 French nationals on the consular electoral list in Britain, with two polling stations in London as well as about a dozen cities including Birmingham, Liverpool and Glasgow. Many people turned out as soon as the centres opened ...
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FRANCE 24
France readies for poll, Sarkozy closes on Hollande
Chicago Tribune
* French vote to be decisive for direction of Europe * Candidates banned from campaigning on eve of Sunday's vote * Final polls showed Sarkozy cutting Hollande lead to four points * "Sunday, anything is possible" says Liberation on front page By Daniel ...
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