President Jacques Chirac and his ruling conservative party suffered a crushing defeat in regional midterm elections Sunday, with the opposition Socialists, and their Green and Communist allies seizing control of the vast majority of regional councils. The results marked a sharp rebuke for the government's attempts to reform France's costly health care, pension and education systems.
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Europe's socialists are knocking back the right-wingers right and left - or is that right to left? Well, you get it.
This is bound to be pinching Washington into a reactionary mode. Who's going to take the pre-emptive strike?
Look out Venezuela.
[Prime minister, Jean-Pierre] Raffarin, appearing subdued, said, "It is clear that the opposition has won this ballot." But, he said, "the reforms will continue simply because they are necessary."
Ah, the George Bush method of governance. Screw the people, I've got a job to do.
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