France's conservatives make huge gains in local elections
- 9 years ago
France’s centre-right party and its allies are celebrating a resounding victory in the country’s local elections.
Some papers are saying its a major step in the comeback of both the conservative UMP party and France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy.
The new local political map shows the UMP and its allies will take over two-thirds of the 102 local “departments”. By far the centre-right’s best showing since 1992.
Welcoming the result, Sarkozy said: “We’re finally going to accelerate our preparation of a Republican project to change the governing political party. This project is needed to redress the country, to stop the decline which the most archaic Socialism in Europe has plunged us into over the past three years.
France’s Prime Minister Manuel Valls has tried to play up modest signs of a recovery in the euro zone’s largest economy, but was forced to admit being well-defeated.
“The far right’s too strong, much too strong and the results are a challenge to all democrats. We
Some papers are saying its a major step in the comeback of both the conservative UMP party and France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy.
The new local political map shows the UMP and its allies will take over two-thirds of the 102 local “departments”. By far the centre-right’s best showing since 1992.
Welcoming the result, Sarkozy said: “We’re finally going to accelerate our preparation of a Republican project to change the governing political party. This project is needed to redress the country, to stop the decline which the most archaic Socialism in Europe has plunged us into over the past three years.
France’s Prime Minister Manuel Valls has tried to play up modest signs of a recovery in the euro zone’s largest economy, but was forced to admit being well-defeated.
“The far right’s too strong, much too strong and the results are a challenge to all democrats. We