Word: socialists
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...time denying that the center right took a thumping locally; some 20% of voters told pollsters they had cast ballots expressly to demonstrate opposition to Sarkozy and his cabinet's actions. The result was a victorious surge by France's left-of-center parties, led by the previously floundering Socialists. Leftist wrenched 40 cities from conservative incumbents, including 30 with 20,000 or more inhabitants; rightists nabbed just six from outgoing leftist administrations. In Paris, incumbent Socialist mayor Betrand Delanoë added eight points to his razor-thin margin of victory in 2001 - not only winning an outright majority...
...will govern for all, but think above all of those who don't have it all.' JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO, socialist Prime Minister, after winning re-election in Spain on March 9. He cites the economy and social reforms as his top priorities...
JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO, Socialist Prime Minister, after winning re-election in Spain on March 9. He cites the economy and social reforms as his top priorities...
...Still, local realities allowed Socialist-led majorities to capture city halls in first-round polling in France's third-largest city Lyon, as well as in Nantes, Rouen and Dijon. The left also posted dominant leads in Paris, Lille and Strasbourg, and was in tight races going into run-offs even in such traditional conservative bastions as Marseille and Toulouse. In many close runoff races next weekend, Socialist candidates appear more likely to gain the support of the centrist Modem party, which had once been a coalition partner of Sarkozy's UMP - although the centrists may demand a prohibitive price...
...Socialist voters like Alberto Pérez and Isabel Rua, both of whom work in the theater, focused on their party's social initiatives. "They haven't fulfilled all their promises, Pérez said, "But they've created greater equality for women, they've helped immigrants, they've supported gay marriage. They're a lot better than the alternative...