Voting in France’s two-stage presidential elections begins on April 22—and the question is, has the Socialist Party, leader of the parliamentary opposition, learned anything from its past mistakes? The Socialists’ candidate, Ségolène Royal, is the first woman ever nominated by a major party and is often called in the press “the French Hillary.” (It’s not meant as a compliment.) A fervent… return to article
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