Ch. Tronche’s blog

I once questionned how life would look like with both mandates of the President and the Prime Minister in the hands of only one almost married couple.

They’ve lost elections, but they lost more: Ségolène Royal and François Hollande broke up.

Whatever the (private) reasons behind this, they’re both professional politicians, so beyond the good reasons, it’s difficult not to think the real reason is that their relationship couldn’t stand their careers.

Whatever one may think from a political point of view, it’s always a sad thing when a love story comes to an end, especially since they got four children together.

Even in politics, the french way is always a story of the heart…

It’s ballot time again, and today french citizens elect their president for the next five years. The contenders are the favorite Nicolas Sarkozy, a quite radical right-wing leader, and Ségolène Royal, the Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste or PS in french) champion.

I’ve already blogged about some weaknesses of the french PS, but my wife told me a story pointing to more, and this is were the marketing comes to the stage.

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Ségolène Royal est arrivée au 2nd Tour (cf. mon post précédent).

Au cours du dernier débat télévisuel qui l’a opposée à Nicolas Sarkozy, elle a été bien meilleure communicante (et donc candidate) que la plupart ne l’aurait pensé, moi y compris.

Les sondages la donnent cependant perdante au 2nd tour, qui aura lieu Dimanche. Il ne faut préjuger de rien avant que le résultat définitif soit connu, mais tel n’est pas le sujet du jour.
J’aimerais pointer 2 faiblesses de la campagne du PS (ou force de la campagne de Nicolas Sarkozy) et ce qui me semble être une faiblesse structurelle du PS dans sa stratégie d’orientation.

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As I’m going to vote in a few moments for the french presidential elections, I can’t help but think: if Segolène Royal (the socialist candidate, that is, the left wing) is elected, what’s going to happen to her husband, François Hollande, who’s heading the Socialist party ?

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