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Factbox: France's Voters Pick President, Then Parliament
yahoo.com 3 weeks, 5 days agoPARIS (Reuters) - France's 46.03 million voters cast ballots on Sunday in a presidential election where all opinion polls point to a victory for Socialist Francois Hollande over conservative re-election contender Nicolas Sarkozy. A parliamentary election follows on June 10 and 17. Following are some facts about the electoral system: THE SYSTEM The French directly elect their president and members of the National Assembly, the 577-seat lower house of parliament, every five years. The system allows for two ro
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Berlusconi Angles For Italian Presidency
yahoo.com 5 days, 21 hours agoFormer Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi appears to be angling for the role of Italian president , with enhanced powers.


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