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June 18, 2012

Socialists Win Parliamentary Majority in France 
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In France, the party of newly elected President Francois Hollande has
won a parliamentary majority in a second round of legislative elections.
Hollande's Socialists emerged with a decisive advantage after running on
a platform critical of European-wide austerity measures. They will now
control both houses of parliament for the first time in France's
history.

 

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