Elections

Good news and bad news in the French EU elections - no matter which side your political tartine is buttered. Sarko's party got the single biggest vote, some 20 odd percent, which is unprecedented for a right-wing party in power at a midterm election of any kind. The greens did extremely well, getting close to 16%, a major gain for them. The socialist party did very badly indeed, which is bad news for their recently elected leader. But the left in general did ok, the new anticapitalist party taking 5% in their first tilt. But the 'taux de abstention' was a record high, making all the results somewhat weak.