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Cevolian - Je Ne Sais Pas (update)
1995-2007: Henri Emmanuelli (Parti Socialiste)
1995 def - Jacques Chirac (Rassemblement pour la République), Edoudard Balladur (UDF), Jeane-Marie Le Pen (Front National)
2002 def - Jean-Marie Le Pen (Front National), Edouard Balladur (RPR-UDF)
2007-2012: Serge Lepeltier (Rassemblement pour la République-Union pour la Démocratie Française)
2007 def - Henri Emmanuelli (Parti Socialiste), Jacques Delors (Nouvelle Politique!), Marine Le Pen (Front National)
2012-2017: Benoît Harmon (Parti Socialiste)
2012 def - Marine Le Pen (Front National), Serge Lepeltier (RPR-UDF), Manuel Valls (Partie Centrale), Nicholas Sarkozy (Liste "droite" Indépendante)
2017-0000: Nicholas Bay (Front National)
2017 def - Emmanuel Macron (Parti Centrale), Bruno Le Maire (Union Républicaine), Benoît Harmon (Front Populaire - Parti Socialiste/Parti de Gauche/Les Verts), Serge Lepeltier (ULR)
In 1995 Henri Emmanuelli narrowly beat Jopin to be the PS candidate for President and then, by the skin of his teeth and by stoking anti European fears in France, beat Jacques Chirac to the Presidency, in part due to a large drift of voters from RPR to UDF and, to a lesser extent, the Front National. Seeking to enact an even more radical agenda than his pooualr predecessor, Emmanuelli alienated many moderates in his party - seeing this RPR nominated Balladur, despite his running for USF just seven years prior. Whilst this fusion titkcet did attract some moderate PS voters it alienated the base who, after the assassination of President Gore in 2001 and the deuctuin of the WTC, wanted a hardline anti-terrorist candidate. The Front National surged to second place, allowing the unpopular incumbent socialist candidate to secure another electoral victory.
By 2007 France seemed to be lagging behind countries with lower taxes and spending (such as McCain and Rumsfeld's US and Hague's Britain from 2005). When Emanuelli, who had ready successfully vetoed the new European Constitution, signed the "Sovereign Pledge" to hold a referendum on French EU membership, along with Front National and dissident RPR politicians in the 2007 campaign, the moderates in PS finally broke away. Former Commission President Jacques DeLors founded and ran for the new, pro-European, internationalist and centrist "New Politics!" movement, but this only split the left wing vote and allowed the centrist Serge Lepeltier to win the Presidency, running on a second RPR-UDF joint ticket. Le Pen, although relegated to fourth place, still won a considerable number of votes, consolidating the support of some of the voters he had stolen away from RPR at the last election. Lepeltier seemed to be in the perfect position - until the world economy came crashing down in 2009, and his austerity measures led to a double dip recession and the anhialation of his party in the local elections. With the left criticising him for not spending enough and tenright for not cutting enough, Lepeltier's continued candidacy, despite securing the backing of much of the centre right, led to a right wing "Independent List" splinter led by Sarkozy and another boost in support for the Front National.
Harmon had led the left wing of PS back into power, and his spending plan did take effect and allowed France's economy to grow rapidly, eventually overtaking Alan Johnson's UK and Hillary Clinton's US. Harmon, however, shocked much of his party by refusing an EU membership referendum, turning much of the French working class towards the Front National, as did a growth in support for the popular and affable Emanuel Macron, leader of the "Centre Party". Although Harmon could secure the support of the "Party of the Left" and the Greens, and although the RPR had split between the "Union of Liberals and Republicans" and the "Republican Union" Party, he bled too much support to Centre and the Front National. This, combined with the ascension of Schultz's SDP and calls for greater European integration in Europe scared many in France into voting Front National - the final round (dubbed the "Battle of the Babes" by one UK tabloid due to both Macron and Bay's perceived good looks) came down to the Front National vs Centre. This final round was the closest in French history, but an attack by "Islamic Caliphate" forces in Marseille narrowly swayed the round, allowing for the ascension of a charismatic, handsome, far right populist - Nicholas Bay became the Front National's first ever President, promising to "Faire la France grand encore!"
JE NE SAIS PAS!
I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
- Charles De Gaulle
I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
- Charles De Gaulle
1995-2007: Henri Emmanuelli (Parti Socialiste)
1995 def - Jacques Chirac (Rassemblement pour la République), Edoudard Balladur (UDF), Jeane-Marie Le Pen (Front National)
2002 def - Jean-Marie Le Pen (Front National), Edouard Balladur (RPR-UDF)
2007-2012: Serge Lepeltier (Rassemblement pour la République-Union pour la Démocratie Française)
2007 def - Henri Emmanuelli (Parti Socialiste), Jacques Delors (Nouvelle Politique!), Marine Le Pen (Front National)
2012-2017: Benoît Harmon (Parti Socialiste)
2012 def - Marine Le Pen (Front National), Serge Lepeltier (RPR-UDF), Manuel Valls (Partie Centrale), Nicholas Sarkozy (Liste "droite" Indépendante)
2017-0000: Nicholas Bay (Front National)
2017 def - Emmanuel Macron (Parti Centrale), Bruno Le Maire (Union Républicaine), Benoît Harmon (Front Populaire - Parti Socialiste/Parti de Gauche/Les Verts), Serge Lepeltier (ULR)
In 1995 Henri Emmanuelli narrowly beat Jopin to be the PS candidate for President and then, by the skin of his teeth and by stoking anti European fears in France, beat Jacques Chirac to the Presidency, in part due to a large drift of voters from RPR to UDF and, to a lesser extent, the Front National. Seeking to enact an even more radical agenda than his pooualr predecessor, Emmanuelli alienated many moderates in his party - seeing this RPR nominated Balladur, despite his running for USF just seven years prior. Whilst this fusion titkcet did attract some moderate PS voters it alienated the base who, after the assassination of President Gore in 2001 and the deuctuin of the WTC, wanted a hardline anti-terrorist candidate. The Front National surged to second place, allowing the unpopular incumbent socialist candidate to secure another electoral victory.
By 2007 France seemed to be lagging behind countries with lower taxes and spending (such as McCain and Rumsfeld's US and Hague's Britain from 2005). When Emanuelli, who had ready successfully vetoed the new European Constitution, signed the "Sovereign Pledge" to hold a referendum on French EU membership, along with Front National and dissident RPR politicians in the 2007 campaign, the moderates in PS finally broke away. Former Commission President Jacques DeLors founded and ran for the new, pro-European, internationalist and centrist "New Politics!" movement, but this only split the left wing vote and allowed the centrist Serge Lepeltier to win the Presidency, running on a second RPR-UDF joint ticket. Le Pen, although relegated to fourth place, still won a considerable number of votes, consolidating the support of some of the voters he had stolen away from RPR at the last election. Lepeltier seemed to be in the perfect position - until the world economy came crashing down in 2009, and his austerity measures led to a double dip recession and the anhialation of his party in the local elections. With the left criticising him for not spending enough and tenright for not cutting enough, Lepeltier's continued candidacy, despite securing the backing of much of the centre right, led to a right wing "Independent List" splinter led by Sarkozy and another boost in support for the Front National.
Harmon had led the left wing of PS back into power, and his spending plan did take effect and allowed France's economy to grow rapidly, eventually overtaking Alan Johnson's UK and Hillary Clinton's US. Harmon, however, shocked much of his party by refusing an EU membership referendum, turning much of the French working class towards the Front National, as did a growth in support for the popular and affable Emanuel Macron, leader of the "Centre Party". Although Harmon could secure the support of the "Party of the Left" and the Greens, and although the RPR had split between the "Union of Liberals and Republicans" and the "Republican Union" Party, he bled too much support to Centre and the Front National. This, combined with the ascension of Schultz's SDP and calls for greater European integration in Europe scared many in France into voting Front National - the final round (dubbed the "Battle of the Babes" by one UK tabloid due to both Macron and Bay's perceived good looks) came down to the Front National vs Centre. This final round was the closest in French history, but an attack by "Islamic Caliphate" forces in Marseille narrowly swayed the round, allowing for the ascension of a charismatic, handsome, far right populist - Nicholas Bay became the Front National's first ever President, promising to "Faire la France grand encore!"
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