Hollande faces new election test

Final preview articles before the First Round of the Parliamentary Election in France on the 10 June 2012.

ESO: Background information: French legislative election, 2012 http://www.europeansources.info/record/french-legislative-election-2012/

France24, 7.6.12: Socialists confront left-wing tensions ahead of key vote http://www.france24.com/en/20120607-france-parliamentary-elections-legislative-socialists-struggle-left-wing-greens-cannabis

Deutsche Welle, 11.6.12: French president set to consolidate power http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16006629,00.html

France24, 9.6.12: Socialists vie for majority in parliamentary vote http://www.france24.com/en/20120609-france-politics-legislative-parliamentary-elections-socialist-party-ump-majority-vote-ballot

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