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Monday, April 22, 2002
French press agog at Le Pen poll shock
PARIS, April 22 (Reuters) - Following is a selection of headlines and commentary in
early Monday editions of French newspapers after far-right nationalist Jean-Marie Le
Pen unexpectedly won through to the final round of presidential elections.
Le Pen beat Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin into third place in Sunday's first
round of voting and will face conservative President Jacques Chirac in the May 5
runoff.
Many newspapers, from Communist-supporting Humanite to the conservative le
Figaro, abandoned their usual format to splash banner one-word headlines after an
electoral upset that has sent shockwaves across France and its European
neighbours.
LIBERATION (left-leaning daily)
- Under a single-word front-page headline "NON," the paper says thousands of
people descended into the streets to protest after far-right leader Le Pen gained a
place in the second round of presidential elections against Jacques Chirac.
In an editorial headlined "Awful," the paper says the "suicide" of the left, defeated
in
the first round for the first time since 1969, "leaves a caricature of a contest that
is in
many ways shameful."
LE FIGARO (conservative daily)
- "Earthquake." For the first time since 1969 the left will be absent from the second
round.
"The large number of candidates on the left and extreme left eroded the Jospin vote.
The prime minister also paid in stinging fashion for his five years in government and
a blurred political message throughout his campaign."
HUMANITE (former Communist party newspaper)
- The newspaper runs the headline NON! under a picture of Le Pen's face daubed
with a red cross. "France does not deserve this. Exasperation and frustration
provoke a scathing disavowal of policies carried out for years. A dangerous situation
is created," reads the paper's front-page comment.
PARISIEN (tabloid)
- Shock.
FRANCE SOIR (tabloid)
- The Le Pen bomb.
"A campaign focused on insecurity, a fragmented vote shared between 16
candidates and record abstentions led to this unimaginable result."
LES ECHOS (financial daily)
- Presidential earthquake. Shocked left-wing leaders urge voters to block the path to
power of Jean-Marie Le Pen.
"Jean-Marie Le Pen profited from the rise of insecurity to the top of the political
agenda. Upsetting France's political life and its image abroad, the result places
Jacques Chirac in the position of almost certain victor in the second round."
LA TRIBUNE (financial daily)
- Le Pen imposes a duel laden with menace on Chirac.
"Almost a third of voters supported candidates whose stock in trade is hatred of
parliamentary democracy. The result is above all an act of defiance to the governing
parties of both right and left who managed France over the years."
INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE (published in Paris)
- In one of post-war Europe's most startling political implosions, Jean-Marie Le Pen,
the rightist extremist who has run on racially divisive platforms for three decades,
advances into final round of French presidential election. (web edition)
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