Spain turns to the right – but are the voters rejecting ‘the left’ or...
As the polls had predicted, Spain has a new government: Rajoy’s right-wing Partido Popular (PP) defeated Zapatero’s left-of-centre Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE). The only surprise was the...
View ArticleAvant le déluge: If you want to follow the French presidential elections…
The UK is approximately 3687 miles from the United States of America, and separated by an ocean. The UK is approximately 22 miles away from France, and separated by a channel. Yet there has already...
View ArticleJe ne regrette rien? Yes, I thought Sarkozy should win in 2007
There’s a danger in looking back on your blog-posts from years gone by — that you remind yourself of your fallibility, a shocking misjudgement. And so it’s with a modicum of distress I see that five...
View ArticleOn the election of President Hollande, I refer you to the answer I gave some...
France’s Fifth Republic has a new president, Francois Hollande. I shed few tears for the man he replaces, Nikolas Sarkozy — while his economic policies were preferable his grubbing for National Front...
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