FRANCE: Left's triumph in Paris may soon prove hollow

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  • The right
  • Strong overall performance
  • Unity of the right-wing electorate
  • Marginalisation of the far right
  • New grassroots leadership
  • Chirac problems
  • The left
  • Erosion of the left's working-class base
  • Continuing decline of the Communist Party
  • Humiliation of the left's ministers
  • Rise of the far left
  • Reinforcement of the Greens

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