Word: socialists
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...about. His seven-year term has been punctuated by policy U-turns and dogged by corruption scandals. The allegations have ranged from involvement in illegal kickback schemes to misuse of public funds. To cap it all, an ipsos poll published two weeks ago showed Chirac's lead over likely Socialist challenger Prime Minister Lionel Jospin trickling away...
Chirac insisted that his declaration had been planned for some time, but just how long is the subject of some debate. Chirac's original battle plan - drawn up by his daughter and P.R. supremo Claude - replicated the tactics used by Socialist President François Mitterrand to foil an earlier Chirac bid in 1988. Back then, Mitterrand remained regally above the fray until four weeks before the election, when he launched a blistering campaign focused on a united France. Mitterrand trounced Chirac with 54% of the vote in the second round runoff, the biggest presidential majority of the past...
FRANCE Early Campaigning The news was no surprise, but the timing was: President Jacques Chirac announced he would seek a second term in office, weeks sooner than expected. Observers said the early declaration was a bid to gain advantage before corruption allegations cost him further support. Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin is also expected to be a candidate for the two-stage presidential election beginning April...
...kickback scheme allegedly set up by President Jacques Chirac's RPR party. So Schuller's sudden return last week must have been a shock for Chirac, who is set to run for re-election. Schuller says he wants to "set the record straight," but the RPR suspects a Socialist plot. Either way, it was bad timing for Chirac; polls show him losing his lead over likely Socialist candidate Lionel Jospin, who has played up his "Mr. Clean" image...
...opposed to independence strongly identify themselves with Serbia. If there is a referendum and the pro-independence parties win by a narrow margin, as some opinion surveys suggest, the no campaigners might not accept the result. "We are a peaceful party," warns Dragan Koprivica, spokesman for the pro-Yugoslav Socialist People's Party of Montenegro, "but people are unpredictable...