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Thursday 08 January 2009

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Martine Aubry - Ségolène Royal - Socialist Party

Finally, France’s Socialist Party has a new chief

After a bitter battle fraught by accusations of voting irregularities, Martine Aubry pulled ahead of rival Ségolène Royal, with a slim 102-vote lead, to emerge as the French Socialist Party’s new leader.

Martine Aubry, a former French labour minister responsible for France’s 35-hour work week, has been finally declared leader of the French Socialist Party following a pitched fight against former presidential candidate Ségolène Royal. Official results of the November 2008 party election gave Aubry a slim 102-vote lead over Royal.

The process revealed the deep divides within France’s main opposition party and has led to renewed speculations about a possible split within the ranks.

After contesting early vote results, Royal has conceded defeat to the mayor of Lille. But the former partner of former Socialist Party leader François Hollande has not abandoned her political ambitions. “We succeeded in convincing half the party, and perhaps a few more members of the Socialist Party,” Royal said shortly after the results were declared November 25.

Tomorrow belongs to me, suggests Royal on the Web Shortly after officially losing the French Socialist Party’s leadership bid, Ségolène Royal’s supporters posted a video on the Internet in which the runner-up makes no attempt to hide her presidential ambitions.

Martine Aubry wins party leadership vote Feuding French Socialists have picked Martine Aubry as their first female leader after a bitter leadership contest against opponent Segolene Royal. Aubry won by just 102 votes after more than 130,000 party members cast their ballot.

'A split would be suicide' for the Socialist Party Lille Mayor Martine Aubry has won the Socialist Party's leadership vote, beating Ségolène Royal by a tiny margin. FRANCE 24 put questions about the party's future to Henri Rey, political researcher at SciencePo University in Paris.

In the heart of the 'All but Ségo' front Opponents to Ségolène Royal are pooling together to halt the former presidential candidate’s seemingly irresistible advance to the Socialist Party leadership. In the 14th district of Paris, the "All but Ségo" front is playing on friendly turf.