Segolene Royal Candidate to the May 2007 Presidential.

twinfalls · Post by **twinfalls** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:06 am

Segolene Royal, a rising French political woman.
In the Socialist Party ( PS ) primary she was elected to run for president in May 2007.
In France; We have ( too ) many parties, primaries are not a requirement; They decided to have PS primaries.

PS is considered a left party, however it is way far from the Communist Party ( PC ) that is down to near nothing.
We have, more left groups.
PS is best explained as "Caviar Left": Wealthy middle class people with some social background and theories. A very mild left, actually.

Watch for Segolene Royal ( No, she is not royalist; That's her family name ).

vwlover77 · Post by **vwlover77** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:21 am

Interesting article about her here. She was recently featured in the printed version of Time magazine also....

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/ ... 75,00.html

Post by **Amskeptic** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:30 am

Twin Falls, would you vote for her? Maybe it would be good for French politics?
Colin

zblair · Post by **zblair** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:52 am

Amskeptic wrote:Twin Falls, would you vote for her? Maybe it would be good for French politics?
Colin

I had the same curiousity about your choice. A local take is a valuable thing with an intelligent and articulate counterpart.

twinfalls · Post by **twinfalls** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 11:14 am

Amskeptic wrote:Twin Falls, would you vote for her? Maybe it would be good for French politics?
Colin

It will be bitter, because she has badly hurt my engineering school community. ( a personal local story ).

Yes, I'll vote for her. There are, able people behind her in SP.
I bet, she will get elected president in 2007 at the first round.
She is a winner, as long as she doesn't talk much, and let her opposants go mad at her.
I am confident, she knows how to kill them, that way.
Nobody beleives me, in France.
Wait and see.

BTW vwlover77 link, is good. I was afraid of some scary tale about French Socialists.
This US Time article, gives a right up to date view about PS.
I confirm Segolene is definitly "Gauche caviar" ( Left Caviar ). This is her and her close friends in PS.
Could that equate to US Democrats, and Hillary Clinton ?

Post by **Amskeptic** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:29 pm

twinfalls wrote: Could that equate to US Democrats, and Hillary Clinton ?

Might. If Hillary doesn't abandon principles for ambition.
Colin

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Segolene Royal Candidate to the May 2007 Presidential.

Segolene Royal Candidate to the May 2007 Presidential.