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...even given Jospin's weakness as a candidate, it was still a shock when he got fewer votes in the first round of the election than Jean-Marie Le Pen, the candidate of the far-right National Front. Le Pen will now meet President Jacques Chirac--a mainstream conservative--in a runoff on May 5. The National Front's success, wrote the editor of Le Monde last week, has "wounded" and "humiliated" France. Le Pen won't become President; Chirac is all but guaranteed to win the runoff in a landslide, as many supporters of the left, holding their noses...
...extent, he benefited from France's electoral laws, which allow multiple candidates in the first round. Jospin received just over 16% of the vote, compared with nearly 17% for Le Pen and 20% for Chirac. Other candidates of the left, together with the Greens, gathered nearly 27%. Just as some Democrats blamed Ralph Nader for Al Gore's failure in 2000, so Jospin's supporters can blame the comrades who siphoned votes away from him. Still, the question remains: Why did so many voters desert the mainstream candidates? How about: because they are bored stiff with them. Chirac first served...
...none of these explanations quite capture the nature of Le Pen's success. He is not a new face (he first ran for the presidency in 1974), and the nature of his politics is well known. Le Pen is a racist, equal-opportunity bigot, as happy to offend Jews as Arabs. Why did the citizens of the country that likes to think of itself as the most civilized nation on earth give him more support than ever...
FRANCE Peaceful Protests In a Fierce Campaign May Day marchers had their eyes on election day as an estimated 1.3 million people took to the streets across the country to protest the presidential candidacy of the far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen. As center-right President Jacques Chirac appeared to be heading for a landslide victory in the second round of voting, Le Pen addressed about 10,000 of his supporters in Paris. In contrast to the peaceful gatherings in France, May Day clashes between police and a minority of demonstrators occurred in Berlin, Zurich and London...
...somehow managed to change me in some critical way. These are folks who have left a lasting impression but whom I have never thanked, probably because there was never an appropriate moment and most likely because it would make for a pretty awkward conversation. Well, the power of the pen can make you do crazy things, especially if FM is involved. So, here are a few of my Harvard angels...