Purchasing power sways French municipal elctions

On Sunday, March 9th, the French will be voting in a first round of elections. The left is set to be the winner. Jean Portante investigates why the right is having difficulty one year after the election of Nicolas Sarkozy as president. "If the e electoral pendulum is swinging to the left again, it is because voters who, last May chose Nicolas Sarkozy over Ségolène Royal, believe less and less that the social and wage issues can be resolved by the majority. .. In this respect; were there to be an electoral sanction ..., it would be to push the President and his Prime minister to finally deal with the buying power of French citizens. The latter would be expressing a sort of warning, waiting to completely place their trust in a left that is struggling to deliver propositions on the matter."

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