http://www.metafilter.com/tags/hollande Posts tagged with 'hollande' at MetaFilter. Sun, 06 May 2012 13:45:09 -0800 Sun, 06 May 2012 13:45:09 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/115685/%2DCest%2Dmaintenant%2Dque%2Dles%2Dennuis%2Dcommencent%2D <a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/election-presidentielle-2012/article/2012/05/06/francois-hollande-elu-president-de-la-republique-avec-51-9-des-voix_1696582_1471069.html">France has a new president.</a> With 51.9% of the second-round vote, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/18/francois-hollande-sarkozy-nemesis">Fran&#0231;ois Hollande</a> has beaten Nicolas Sarkozy to become the first Socialist president of France since 1995. In his victory speech, Hollande declared that <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/french-election-blog-2012/2012/may/06/french-election-results-sarkozy-hollande">"austerity is not inevitable,"</a> but international business interests have already <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/07/business/global/wary-markets-likely-to-wait-to-cast-vote-on-france.html">started rumbling</a> about Hollande's plans for <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/06/francois-hollande-rescue-french-economy">higher taxes on the rich and large-scale public sector investment</a>. The change in power is to be effected in next ten days, with Hollande scheduled to appear at the G8 and NATO summits on May 19 and 20. tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.115685 Sun, 06 May 2012 13:45:09 -0800 election france french hollande politics president sarkozy worldnews theodolite