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mylye2222

(2,992 posts)
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 02:33 PM Jun 2014

HuffPost: François Hollande and the French Socialists: Failure Goes Deeper Than the European Electio

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ronald-tiersky/francois-hollande-and-the_b_5411080.html

I voted for Hollande to fire Sarkozy.
Yes Hollande is not as horrible as Sarkozy, but let's admit, and HUffPost explained it well, he's the Big Dissapointment.

As far as I m a lefty to the core, and I undertand, unliike most of my fellow, that Hollande is not alone responsible of the deep French crisis, but whats hurts me the most, is that there is the first time, here, that we have a left government, tht didn't yet opened a big welfare, social, needed reform. He didn't raised the minimal wages. He didn't make anything to keep and create new jobs. The sole and only progressive thing he made was gay marriage. And this sole thing spreaded homophobia accross the nation.

This are some good points that can explain the far right rise. Along with traditional RW now stuck into corruption scandals.
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