Photo Gallery A Debacle for Sarkozy
With record low turnout, French voters expressed their disillusionment with the country's politics and with their president this weekend. In regional elections, Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative party had a record poor showing. The president now faces a debacle in a second round of voting next Sunday.
A bitter defeat for French President Nicolas Sarkozy: In a first round of voting in regional elections on Sunday, the conservative government clearly lost to the leftist Socialist Party.
Foto: DAN KITWOOD/ dpa
Socialist Party boss Martine Aubry had reason to be pleased -- the success of her party also helped to cement her position as its leader. She can now hope to secure the slot as her party's presidential candidate in the next campaign in 2012, putting her head-to-head against Sarkozy.
Foto: Mikael Libert/ dpa
Voter turnout during the first round of regional elections was historically low. Half of French voters ignored the election and stayed away from the polls.
Foto: LIONEL BONAVENTURE/ AFP
The final composition of France's regional parliaments will be determined in a second round of voting next Sunday.
Foto: JEAN-PAUL PELISSIER/ REUTERS
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