Hollande takes first round of French Elections

Runoff May 6 |  Madame Rage powers National Front

Blemish on French Democracy  | Sarkozy on the brink

“Marine Le Pen appeals to 20 percent of us and fascinates 80 percent. A mannish woman, phallic, we like that. A woman who dominates her father and gets better results.”  - Christine Angot

Sarkozy Adopting ‘Accents of Pétain’  |  Curtains for Sarkozy

Eurozone Pivot?  |  ‘Not Mercurial’  |  New Start 4 Europe?

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