French legislative election 2012

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Juppé announced he won't run.

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As far as I know, the President can't have another elective office.
Cumul isn't allowed, for him.

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I would suggest that maybe we keep at least half on topic, or something. Are there lists of candidates - or at least of where any incumbents will be running given the re-gerrymandering - online? Which races are likely to be especially high profile? Etc.

Too lazy to write it in English , but I've put a list on my blog of centre-right and right leaders who are threatened or not.

The other interesting list is that of Green candidates: will they be able to resist against socialists who are candidates against the national agreement between PS and EE-LV ? And will the Greens be able to have a group in the Assembly (you need 15 MPs for that).

Wasn't it 20 MPs ? Or were the rules loosened again recently ?

It was lowered in the rules reform of 2009. PS wanted to lower it at 8, UMP wanted to keep it at 20, but Sarkozy wanted 15.

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I would suggest that maybe we keep at least half on topic, or something. Are there lists of candidates - or at least of where any incumbents will be running given the re-gerrymandering - online? Which races are likely to be especially high profile? Etc.

Too lazy to write it in English , but I've put a list on my blog of centre-right and right leaders who are threatened or not.

The other interesting list is that of Green candidates: will they be able to resist against socialists who are candidates against the national agreement between PS and EE-LV ? And will the Greens be able to have a group in the Assembly (you need 15 MPs for that).

Wasn't it 20 MPs ? Or were the rules loosened again recently ?

It was lowered in the rules reform of 2009. PS wanted to lower it at 8, UMP wanted to keep it at 20, but Sarkozy wanted 15.

8 ? What were they smoking ?!?

20 was fine, really.

There is 8 commissions, so, their idea were as soon you have enough MPs to seat in all commissions, you should be able to form a group.

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It will be funny to see UMP don't call for voting against mélenchon...

I'm not convinced than he will finish in front of the socialist candidate...

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Oh, great.

Right what Socialists needed.

A crybaby which pout in its corner because it didn't got the biggest toy of the store.

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Just voted for the PS sacrificial lamb in my overwhelmingly right-wing constituency : Jacques Lollioz (yeah, good one for the LOLgislatives site ). If we break 25% this will probably be a nice result for the PS.

Then, you should be quite happy, because it's over 25!

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And why is hotness a political parameter for you?

You're a woman, that's why you don't understand.

Please. You are giving us a reputation as superficial people.

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So how much seats will the Tweetergate cost us?

What the heck is tweetergate? And when did -gate start to be used for political scandals outisde of the US?  

Valérie Trierwiler, the spouse of the President, tweeted support to Olivier Falorni, a dissident socialist candidate against Ségolène Royal, 2007 socialist candidate to the presidential and former spouse of Hollande.

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Well, it's less silly than the Royal camp saying than Falorni will seat in the UMP group.
Hopefully he wins and we are rid of that witch.

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lol, Aubry said Falorni (Royal opponent) would be excluded of the PS, that affair might haven't finished to be poisonous.

Since weeks, I think than Falorni should ditch PS and join PRG and put himself in the line of Crépeault.

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Baylet (PRG leader) announced a group in the Assemblée, apparently nobody told him he was only estimated with 12 seats.

With the Greens that'd be about 30 pro-Marijuana sits ^^ (not a smoker here, but lol, just passed through my mind).

All the overseas indies, perhaps Falorni...

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Who are the 2 FN'ers ?

Le Pen probably and ?

PS: Who is the blonde one next to the old Le Pen ?

Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, which won in Vaucluse-3. Marine lost in Nord, through.

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A bad news for you, Hashemite.

As Le Foll was elected MP, his European seat is going to the next on the PS list...

which is your "beloved" Isabelle Thomas.

(To be exhaustive, the New Centrist Damien Abad, elected in Ain is replaced Brussels by Karine Fenocchi, president of Corse New Center and opposition councillor in Ajaccio).

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Bouches-du-Rhône-8 : Olivier FERRAND (PS)

Olivier Ferrand sadly died this morning of an anevrism, aged 42, after its jogging.
He was the founder of the controversial center-left think tank "Terra Nova".
He was elected to his first term earlier this month.

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Bouches-du-Rhône-8 : Olivier FERRAND (PS)

Olivier Ferrand sadly died this morning of an anevrism, aged 42, after its jogging.

"its"? Just because he's dead doesn't make him a thing.

Oh well. I blame your sleep deprivation. (RIP.)

You should blame my poor English skills, instead.