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...right's fate in Paris, Chirac's personal fiefdom from 1977 until his presidential victory in 1995, owes more to conservative blunders than to Delanoë's prowess on the hustings. Its problems are rooted in Chirac's choice of Jean Tiberi, a loyal but mediocre lieutenant, as his successor in 1995. "It was a terrible mistake," an official of the Gaullist Rally for the Republic (rpr) party now admits. "It became immediately apparent that Tiberi had no breadth, that he was a pathetic puppet who knew nothing about the world. We put Forrest Gump in the mayor's chair...
...embattled mayor fought off an attempted putsch in 1998 and announced he would run for re-election as an independent after the rpr excommunicated him last October. As Chirac tried to distance himself from his troublesome successor, Tiberi often hinted that he would reveal details of financial hanky-panky during Chirac's tenure as mayor. "Tiberi portrays himself as a victim," says Pascal Perrineau, director of the Center of French Political Life, "but he is the one who is making the right lose Paris. He incarnates the worst of the municipal system-corruption, influence-peddling, mediocrity and nepotism...
...Bordeaux-where citizens' groups inspired by Motivé-e-s are forming alternatives to traditional politics. Toulouse is the underdogs' biggest opportunity to make a splash. Some Toulousians resent outgoing Mayor Dominique Baudis' decision to "parachute" a high-profile outsider-former Culture Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy-as his chosen successor. Though the conservative list currently leads in opinion polls, some locals anticipate a link-up between the traditional leftist parties and Motivé-e-s allowing the new movement to participate in the left's return to power...
...They need to shove an essential budget bill through the lower house of the Diet by March 2. After that, it will be time for Mori to exit the stage. By March 13, when the LDP holds a general meeting, Mori will?somehow, some way?be deposed. And a successor will be selected. But as usual the work will have been done in private, at expensive restaurants?behind those decorative screens. Says Kenji Gato, a senior political reporter in Tokyo: "When the curtain is raised on the LDP meeting, the play ends." That's not Kabuki we're talking about...
...going to be. And I honestly believe that had we known the outcome of the election at the time the conference began, the results would have been different. To accept the bargaining positions of an administration that may or may not have any influence at all on its successor is a very awkward situation in the end. To really strike a deal, you have to trust the future administration to get it through Congress and deliver...