French voters have delivered a stinging rebuke of their President Jacques Chirac and prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin at the ballot box in the second round of regional elections.
Mr Chirac's centre-right UMP party polled 37 percent of the vote, compared to 50 percent for the opposition centre-left socialists (PS). The socialists will now control 20 out of 22 metropolitain areas.
Although the extreme-right Front National did not increase their share of the vote, they confirmed ...
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