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French municipal elections: Voters stay home, socialists trounced, right surges
April 2, 2014The right wing Union for a Popular Movement declared victory and the far right National Front surged.
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Chile: Left surges in elections
November 19, 2013Chileans voted November 17 for president, both houses of Congress and some local offices. To nobody's surprise, the left "New Majority" coalition and the Socialist and Communist parties made significant advances.
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French elections increase European crisis drama
June 21, 2012The French elections June 17 produced a decisive victory for President Francois Hollande's Socialist Party.
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French presidential front-runner proposes sharp tax hike for the rich
March 6, 2012French voters responded positively to the proposal, with recent polls showing a slight uptick in support for Hollande. The prospects of passing such tax-the-rich legislation will depend on parliamentary elections,.
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Right and left gain in Spain elections
May 25, 2011On Election Day, the governing socialists took a drubbing, losing to the People's Party and its right-wing allies in all provincial governments and most local ones.
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