France Election 05/06/07...?

[amicus]

Aside from the date five, six, seven; May 06, 2007, googling the title words didn't bring up much of use.

http://fr.news.yahoo.com/04052007/290/nicolas-sarkozy-l-emporterait-avec-55-selon-ipsos-dell.html

With the Conservatives, Merkle in Germany, Brown in England and now possibly Sarkozy in France, is something going on in Europe y'all might share with this Yank?

amicus....

 

[ChristopherMaxwell]

Why hold this election in 2007 instead of 2009? And Brown is no Conservative. Certainly not a Thatcherite, thank Mithras.

 

[neonlyte]

Why hold this election in 2007 instead of 2009? And Brown is no Conservative. Certainly not a Thatcherite, thank Mithras.

It appears France has changed to a Five year Presidential term.

 

[ChristopherMaxwell]

It appears France has changed to a Five year Presidential term.

This is news to me, but at least it shortens the winner's term, too. Both are idiots.

 

[matriarch]

Aside from the date five, six, seven; May 06, 2007, googling the title words didn't bring up much of use.

http://fr.news.yahoo.com/04052007/290/nicolas-sarkozy-l-emporterait-avec-55-selon-ipsos-dell.html

With the Conservatives, Merkle in Germany, Brown in England and now possibly Sarkozy in France, is something going on in Europe y'all might share with this Yank?

amicus....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6627533.stm ....plus associated links.

http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2514277.ece

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/05/wfra05.xml[/uel]

http://timescorrespondents.typepad.com/charles_bremner/

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1749904.ece


There's a few more links for you......try using readworthy links.