Openly Gay Politician to Run in France
August 28, 2008 by James Hipps
According to pinknew.co.uk, one of Europe’s most high-profile gay politicians is to run for leader of France’s Parti Socialiste.
Bertrard Delanoe will face half a dozen other contenders, most prominent among them Segolene Royal, who ran for President of France last year.
The party will vote for a new leader in November, and it is desperate to find a candidate who can unite them and take on incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy.
The Left does well in local government elections, but has not taken the Elysee Palace since Francois Mitterrand left office in 1995.
Read more of this story at pinknews.co.uk.
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