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- Martine Aubry - Ségolène Royal - Socialism - Socialist Party (France)


Will the Green Party leapfrog the Socialists?

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Marc Perelman interviews Alain Lipietz, a green party member; José-Manuel Lamarque, co-producer of Transeuropéenne on France inter radio; Bruno Jeanbart, director of polling with opinion way; and Benjamin Lancar, president of the UMP Youth.

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