France
French election: The Left Front’s Mélenchon stands against neo-fascist Marine Le Pen
By Francis Dubois, May 25, 2012
The Left Front announced on May 15 that Jean-Luc Mélenchon would stand against the neo-fascist Marine Le Pen in Hénin-Beaumont in the legislative elections.
France’s New Anti-capitalist Party applauds President Hollande’s election
By Kumaran Ira, May 22, 2012
The petty-bourgeois “left” New Anti-capitalist Party has applauded the election of President of François Hollande, the big-business Socialist Party’s candidate.
Socialist Party appoints anti-worker interim government in France
By Antoine Lerougetel, May 18, 2012
Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault unveiled France’s new interim government yesterday.
French President Hollande attends Berlin summit after inauguration
By Alex Lantier, May 16, 2012
French President François Hollande flew directly from his inauguration in Paris yesterday to Berlin, to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
How the Lutte Ouvrière group backed Hollande in the French elections
By Francis Dubois, May 14, 2012
The petty-bourgeois group Workers Struggle (LO) said it has no objection to a vote for François Hollande of the Socialist Party.
France: PSA Aulnay unions admit no solidarity action planned to defend jobs
By Antoine Lerougetel, May 11, 2012
Union officials at the Aulnay plant, which is threatened with closure, recently told a workers’ meeting that they had mounted no broader struggles to defend jobs because they had “not done enough.”
Court decision gives French employers green light for mass layoffs
By Pierre Mabut, May 10, 2012
The French courts rendered a verdict on May 3, giving a green light to employers to carry out mass layoffs without giving any economic justification.
Incoming French president signals budget cuts, handouts to banks
By Kumaran Ira, Alex Lantier, May 9, 2012
After winning the French presidential election on Sunday, François Hollande is already positioning himself to attack the working class with deep budget cuts.
Elections in Greece and France herald fresh social conflicts
By Peter Schwarz, May 8, 2012
The voting out of office of Nicolas Sarkozy in France and the devastating defeat of the ruling parties in Greece are an expression of broad opposition to the austerity policies laid down by the European Union.
Socialist Party candidate Hollande wins French presidential elections
By Alex Lantier, Kumaran Ira in Paris, May 7, 2012
François Hollande won the second round of the French presidential election yesterday with 51 percent of the vote.
Conservative François Bayrou calls for Hollande vote in French elections
By Johannes Stern, May 5, 2012
On Thursday, defeated bourgeois “center” candidate François Bayrou called for a vote for Socialist Party candidate Francois Hollande in the French presidential elections.
On the eve of the French presidential elections
By Alex Lantier, May 5, 2012
Tomorrow’s second round of the French presidential election sets the stage for escalating attacks on the working class in France.
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