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Sarkozy Gone

  • 06-05-2012 7:07pm
    #1
    flyswatter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,625 ✭✭✭flyswatter


    France has a new socialist president in Francois Hollande getting 52 % of the votes.


    Socialist Francois Hollande has been elected as France's new president, early estimates say.

    He got about 52% of votes in Sunday's run-off, according to projections based on partial results, against 48% for centre-right incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy.

    Mr Hollande would be the first French socialist president since 1995.

    Analysts say the vote has wide implications for the whole eurozone. Mr Hollande has vowed to rework a deal on government debt in member countries.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17975660


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  • #2
    Dallas Clean Refugee
    Posts: 16,720 ✭✭✭✭ Dallas Clean Refugee


    flyswatter wrote: »
    France has a new socialist president in Francois Hollande getting 52 % of the votes.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17975660

    They sure do. Also on the BBC website is this OP which I think would have been a far superior thread.


  • #3
    forfuxsake
    Registered Users Posts: 829 ✭✭✭forfuxsake


    au revoir Nicolas


  • #4
    Jess16
    Registered Users Posts: 1,176 ✭✭✭Jess16


    Good riddance, never liked that little slimeball


  • #5
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    Merkozy is no more.

    I now christen you HO-MER.


  • #6
    Kristopherus
    Registered Users Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    Great news:D Who will Angela's next bedmate?:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


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  • #7
    MetalDog
    Registered Users Posts: 904 ✭✭✭MetalDog


    Hollande now in charge of France :D


  • #8
    kitty9
    Closed Accounts Posts: 196 ✭✭kitty9


    poor Carla Bruni :( id smash her back doors in


  • #9
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    That means the upcoming referendum on the fiscal treaty should be halted immediately.
    He has repeatedly said that he'll change the treaty when he/if he got into power.

    Interesting times ahead, Angela will know her maker now! :D


  • #10
    Taco Corp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,718 ✭✭✭Taco Corp


    Slightly off topic but, how exactly do the French get the results of elections so fast?


  • #11
    Phoenix Park
    Registered Users Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭Phoenix Park


    kitty9 wrote: »
    poor Carla Bruni :( id smash her back doors in

    such a crude comment from such a sensitive username :pac:


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  • #12
    golden lane
    Registered Users Posts: 1,364 ✭✭✭golden lane


    Surley wrote: »
    Slightly off topic but, how exactly do the French get the results of elections so fast?


    a sad day for france......and maybe a great day for the eu......and so fast...


  • #13
    Cork boy 55
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,324 ✭✭✭Cork boy 55


    kitty9 wrote: »
    poor Carla Bruni :( id smash her back doors in

    She will leave him now, I would put money on it.


  • #14
    Ares
    Site Banned Posts: 549 ✭✭✭Ares


    Surley wrote: »
    Slightly off topic but, how exactly do the French get the results of elections so fast?

    Electric system?

    If not, Only 2 candidates in run off so tallies would be pretty spot on.


  • #15
    Pushtrak
    Registered Users Posts: 4,640 ✭✭✭Pushtrak


    Surley wrote: »
    Slightly off topic but, how exactly do the French get the results of elections so fast?
    Seems it is projections.


  • #16
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,419 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    Cork boy 55 wrote: »
    She will leave him now, I would put money on it.

    who else would have her, have you seen her pics lately she is ruined with surgery gone wrong. She is not a pretty face.


  • #17
    couch_dweller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 44 ✭couch_dweller


    Surley wrote: »
    Slightly off topic but, how exactly do the French get the results of elections so fast?

    electronic voting , apparently not everyone thinks they are an evil conspirocy like we do


  • #18
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    I for one welcome our new French bespectacled overlord

    Vive la France


  • #19
    Zebra3
    Registered Users Posts: 13,846 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    Good enough for Le Petit Gimp.


  • #20
    Lollers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 502 ✭✭✭Lollers


    Good riddance, you nasty goblin faced little man


  • #21
    tayto lover
    Registered Users Posts: 51,424 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    hondasam wrote: »
    who else would have her, have you seen her pics lately she is ruined with surgery gone wrong. She is not a pretty face.

    Yes. The dimple on her chin is actually her belly-button.


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  • #22
    Born to Die
    Closed Accounts Posts: 830 ✭✭✭Born to Die


    Socialism on the rise in Europe, oh my where will this lead. :eek:




    :pac:

    Good Riddance to the little man. He is now an non-entity. :)


  • #23
    Pedant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 919 ✭✭✭Pedant


    I'm glad to see Sarkozy go, but FFS, A SOCIALIST!! Better dead than red. To be honest there was much choice in the election. You had your pick of either a communist, a socialist, a fascist or another fascist who denies the holocaust.


  • #24
    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,057 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Pedant wrote: »
    I'm glad to see Sarkozy go, but FFS, A SOCIALIST!! Better dead than red.

    Prove it


  • #25
    Pedant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 919 ✭✭✭Pedant


    Born to Die wrote: »
    Socialism on the rise in Europe, oh my where will this lead. :eek:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06jlgpMtQs


  • #26
    Cork boy 55
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,324 ✭✭✭Cork boy 55


    hondasam wrote: »
    who else would have her, have you seen her pics lately she is ruined with surgery gone wrong. She is not a pretty face.


    Thai sex trade


  • #27
    Benny_Cake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,205 ✭✭✭Benny_Cake


    Pedant wrote: »
    I'm glad to see Sarkozy go, but FFS, A SOCIALIST!! Better dead than red. To be honest there was much choice in the election. You had your pick of either a communist, a socialist, a fascist or another fascist who denies the holocaust.

    Hollande is at best only mildly left-of-centre, it's amazing how a party's name can send people into such a panic!


  • #28
    Pedant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 919 ✭✭✭Pedant


    My name is URL wrote: »
    Prove it

    *Points gun at temple*


  • #29
    Pedant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 919 ✭✭✭Pedant


    Benny_Cake wrote: »
    Hollande is at best only mildly left-of-centre, it's amazing how a party's name can send people into such a panic!

    If a party started up in the UK tomorrow that calling itself "The National Socialist Party", I'd be worried. Usually a party's name is a good indicator of their mindset.


  • #30
    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,057 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Pedant wrote: »
    *Points gun at temple*
    Post a video when you're done :pac:
    As far as socialists go, Hollande is fairly well centered.. and he's not really Euro-skeptical either which isn't a bad thing.

    Better him than Marine Le Pen!


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  • #31
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,568 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Good riddance to bad rubbish.
    One slimeball less in power is always a good thing.

    I didn't like the creep.


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