Jospin, Political Cohabitation and Left Governance

in French Politics, Culture & Society
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John P. Willerton University of Arizona

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3167/153763705780980038
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The April 21st defeat of Socialist party candidate Lionel Jospin in the first round of the 2002 presidential elections shockingly ended the five-year reign of arguably the most productive government in Fifth Republic France.1 The Jospin government of the Gauche Plurielle departed as surprisingly as it had come to power five years earlier, its legacy of unprecedented success in Left coalition building and far-ranging policy construction seemingly voided by Jospin’s embarrassing loss to Jean-Marie Le Pen and the Far Right.

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Article Category:
Research Article
Page Count:
28
Print Publication Date:
01 Jun 2005
Online Publication Date:
01 Jun 2005
Copyright:
© the Institute of French Studies at New York University and the Minda de Gunzberg Center for European Studies at Harvard University 2005

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