The result, says TIME correspondent Bruce Crumley, is an indication not so much that the center has been eradicated but that it has been successfully occupied by the Socialists. This is a vote of confidence in the lefts responsible management of the country, says Crumley. This week the parties of President Chiracs center-right alliance face the temptation of holding on to regional premierships by making alliances with the National Front -- the real danger to the center lies in the prospect that they may succumb.
France Looks Left Again
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Look left, look right, and then look left again. That mantra for pedestrian survival might well describe Frances recent political fortunes -- in yesterdays regional elections, the Socialists further strengthened the grip on power they improbably won last summer, with the only other winner being the far-right National Front.