Day: May 6, 2012
News
Greek Rage at the Polls Results in Seats in the Parliament for Nationalist, Neo-Nazi Party the Golden Dawn
- May 6, 2012
- Antonis Samaras
- Athens
- Austerity
- business and finance
- coalition government
- Continental Politics
- Corruption
- cronyism
- Debt Crisis
- euro currency
- Euro-skepticism
- European Central Bank
- European Union
- eurozone
- global economic crisis
- Golden Dawn
- Greece
- Greek elections
- Greek Parliamentary Elections
- IMF
- International Monetary Fund
- Monetary Union
- neo-Nazi
- New Democracy
- Nikolaos Michaloliakos
- Panhellenic Socialist Movement
- PASOK
The start of voting in an early general election in Greece has not gone well for proponents of the European idea: After two years of austerity and financial crisis, the Greek public is turning away from the traditional conservative New Democracy party and the socialist Pasok, the two poles of Greek political life for decades. […]
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Francois Hollande Elected President of France: Nicolas Sarkozy Concedes Defeat in Recent Presidential Contest
- May 6, 2012
- 2012 French Presidential Election
- Angela Merkel
- Austerity
- Charles de Gaulle
- Continental Politics
- Euro Crisis
- Euro-skepticism
- Europe
- European Union
- Fifth Republic
- financial crisis
- France
- Franco-German Relations
- Francois Hollande
- Francois Mitterand
- Front National
- Gaullism
- Germany
- Marine Le Pen
- Monetary Union
- National Front
- Nicolas Sarkozy
- Parti socialiste
- PS
- public sector
- Single-Currency
- Socialism
- Socialist Party of France
- The Union for a Popular Movement
- unemployment
- Union pour un Mouvement Populaire
The Fifth Republic has chosen its first socialist president since Francois Mitterand: Francois Hollande, an experienced political organizer that has, until now, never held high government office. Nicolas Sarkozy, pulling 48.1% of the vote, concedes victory to Francois Hollande of the Socialist Party of France at 51.9%. While described as reserved by some, this does […]
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Francois Hollande Set to Become France’s First Socialist President in Decades
- May 6, 2012
- 2012 French Presidential Election
- Al Jazeera
- Angela Merkel
- Austerity
- Charles de Gaulle
- Continental Politics
- Euro Crisis
- Euro-skepticism
- Europe
- European Union
- Fifth Republic
- financial crisis
- France
- Franco-German Relations
- Francois Hollande
- Francois Mitterand
- Front National
- Gaullism
- Germany
- Marine Le Pen
- Monetary Union
- National Front
- Nicolas Sarkozy
- Parti socialiste
- PS
- public sector
- Single-Currency
- Socialism
- Socialist Party of France
- The Union for a Popular Movement
- unemployment
- Union pour un Mouvement Populaire
- Video
France has long been associated with leftist politics, but with the potential of Francois Hollande, Socialist candidate for President of France, winning the election against Nicolas Sarkozy never before have the prospects of a French return to leftist policies held so much consequence for the rest of continent. Marxism and the French Left: Studies on […]
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