Francois Hollande has won the French elections to become president after voting closed at 20:00 tonight. Here is the BBC News article.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
My goodness. That'll give Mrs Merkel something to ponder on !
"London is already one of the largest French cities in Europe and I think an awful lot of French people will want to come to London."
The capital is often referred to as France’s sixth city due to its huge expatriate population, including more than 70,000 French voters who were courted by Mr Hollande on a campaign trip in February.
Estate agents in London are already reporting increased interest in properties from French clients.
According to everyone's favourite rag (), Iain Duncan Smith reckons that French immigrants will now "swarm" Britain.
Hmmm...
According to everyone's favourite rag (), Iain Duncan Smith reckons that French immigrants will now "swarm" Britain.
Hmmm...
More importantly it goes to show how bad the British political system is when only some 18% of the eligable people voted in the recent elections yet some 80% of French people voted in the presendency elections.
I'm not convinced you can compare local council elections with a national general election...
Indeed, what was it, about 80% turnout. Perhaps there are a few lessons that our Politicians might like to look at
No, but even General elections don't get much bigger turnout, do they.
After his inauguration, he travelled to Berlin to meet with Angela Merkel - only for his plane to be struck by lightning. (This after getting drenched.)
Maybe the relationship between Merkel and Hollande will be electrifying?!