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marmar

(77,097 posts)
Mon Nov 19, 2012, 08:11 AM Nov 2012

les chiens touchés


Right-wing dogs are turning on each other all over the world.


Fillon and Cope claim win in French UMP vote


Both candidates have claimed victory in the race to become France's next opposition leader, in a contest marred by allegations of vote-rigging.

Hundreds of votes are said to separate right-wing candidate Jean-Francois Cope and ex-PM Francois Fillon.

As the neck-and-neck result emerged, supporters of both UMP candidates made accusations of vote fraud.

The party has been without a leader since Nicolas Sarkozy was defeated in the May presidential election. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20388722



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