POLS 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: François Hollande, Marine Le Pen, Trade Union
8 Oct 2015
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Friday, september 25, 2015. President: francois hollande - socialist. President is more powerful than pm i. ii. iii. 3. a. b. c. d. b. c. d. a. b. c. i. ii. i. ii. iii. i. i. ii. i. i. ii. Pm and president may not always be in the same political party. Political reaction from the right. National front party lead by marie le pen. Made the comparison between muslims praying in streets to mazi occupied paris. Monopolize political agenda in france. 2009 labor strike over economic downturn. National front behind this movement. Policy agenda quite different from u. s. Economy and multiculturalism = most salient issue. Proportional representation: each party gets a certain number of seats based on the number of votes. France is old as a nation- state. But many changes in the last 200 years. Nazi"s took over and france was very polarized about what they thought. Germany created a puppet regime.
