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		<title>Why French radicals are marching &#8211; Interview with Mélenchon</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2013/05/05/radicals-march-for-a-broad-peoples-front-says-french-radical-melenchon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 10:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As French radicals march in Paris Sunday against the austerity policies of Socialist President Hollande, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, co-leader of the Left Party and last year&#8217;s Presidential election candidate for the radical Left Front, argues for a broad popular front of resistance. Interview by French Communist daily Humanite: Francois Hollande&#8217;s poll rating is very low. How do &#8230; <a href="/2013/05/05/radicals-march-for-a-broad-peoples-front-says-french-radical-melenchon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=6749&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>France&#8217;s socialists and allies win absolute majority</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2012 22:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[French President Francois Hollande&#8217;s Socialist Party and its allies won an absolute majority in the National Assembly, exit polls showed, paving the way for them to pass legislation without the aid of other members of parliament. The Socialist-led bloc won 320 out of the 577 seats, pollster CSA said, with 289 needed for a majority. Former President &#8230; <a href="/2012/06/17/frances-socialists-and-allies-win-absolute-majority/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=3740&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>French elections &#8211; more bad news than good?</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2012/06/12/french-elections-more-bad-news-than-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First the good news. The Right is not only out of the Elysee Palace but it is on course to have lost control of parliament too. And in its place is probably the most progressive of social democrat parties in Europe today. The Socialists&#8217; programme includes boosting industrial investment, youth employment and teacher numbers, hiking &#8230; <a href="/2012/06/12/french-elections-more-bad-news-than-good/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=3626&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>France needs genuine policy change and concrete, rapid improvements in living standards or Le Pen will triumph</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2012/05/08/france-needs-genuine-policy-change-and-concrete-rapid-improvements-in-living-standards-or-le-pen-will-triumph/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 13:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IN THE RADICAL PRESS / HUMANITE May 7, 2012 Following the victory of Socialist Francois Hollande over right-wing incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in the second round of France’s Presidential elections on Sunday, French communist daily L’Humanite caught up with Olivier Dartigolles, spokesman for the French Communist Party, which is a founding and central member of the &#8230; <a href="/2012/05/08/france-needs-genuine-policy-change-and-concrete-rapid-improvements-in-living-standards-or-le-pen-will-triumph/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=3147&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why President Hollande will need to embrace Melenchon&#8217;s spirit of rebellion</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2012/05/04/why-president-hollande-needs-to-embrace-melenchons-spirit-of-rebellion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Socialists are set to wrest back the Elysée Palace from the Right after a gap of 17 years in Sunday’s Presidential poll. Francois Hollande has maintained a consistent and comfortable lead over Nicolas Sarkozy in opinion polls and the incumbent’s increasingly desperate swing to the far right appears to have failed to shore up &#8230; <a href="/2012/05/04/why-president-hollande-needs-to-embrace-melenchons-spirit-of-rebellion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=3097&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Our French resistance is only just beginning, says Melenchon</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2012/04/28/our-french-resistance-is-only-just-beginning-says-melenchon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In unity we on the left have found the strength to stop Sarkozy and derail the politics of austerity, says Jean Melenchon writing in The Guardian<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=2983&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vote for Socialist Hollande to beat Sarkozy, say Communists</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2012/04/23/vote-for-socialist-hollande-to-beat-sarkozy-say-communists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pierre Laurant, General Secretary, French Communist Party (PCF) commenting last night on initial results of France&#8217;s Presidential election We call for the broadest and strongest rally possible among the people of the left to beat Nicolas Sarkozy, by voting for the Socialist candidate Francois Hollande. For all women and men who love our country, who for &#8230; <a href="/2012/04/23/vote-for-socialist-hollande-to-beat-sarkozy-say-communists/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=2891&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mélenchon may have disappointed, but he boosted overall French radical left vote in Presidential election</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2012/04/23/melenchon-may-have-disappointed-but-french-radical-left-vote-rose-in-presidential-election/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jean Luc Mélenchon of the Left Front (Front de Gauche) achieved a result on Sunday&#8217;s Presidential elections that beat the overall radical left performance in 2007. Despite support that fell short of some polls, Mélenchon should at least be satisfied that with 3.98 million votes (11.11 %), he got over five times more than the &#8230; <a href="/2012/04/23/melenchon-may-have-disappointed-but-french-radical-left-vote-rose-in-presidential-election/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=2907&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We must now return Sarkozy and Front National to the dustbin of history</title>
		<link>https://revolting-europe.com/2012/04/23/we-must-now-return-sarkozy-and-front-national-to-the-dustbin-of-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We must now return Sarkozy and Front National to the dustbin of history say France&#8217;s Young Communists, commenting on the first round Presidential election results. Read<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=2888&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We hold the keys to the future &#8211; Mélenchon on first round Presidential election results</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Presidential Candidate, Left Front, Sunday, April 22, Place Stalingrad &#8230;The initial results allow us to draw some lessons The first lesson is that our people seem determined to turn the page of the &#8216;Sarkozy years&#8217; The total vote of the Right is lower than 2007. But the far right is at a high &#8230; <a href="/2012/04/23/we-hold-the-keys-to-the-future-melenchon-on-first-round-presidential-election-results/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revolting-europe.com&#038;blog=17583418&#038;post=2882&#038;subd=revoltingeurope&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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