France: The Socialists’ New Head, Harlem DésirPosted in Articles, Europe, Media Archive, Politics/Public Policy on 2013-02-11 00:07Z by Steven |
France: The Socialists’ New Head, Harlem Désir
The Daily Beast (In Newsweek Magazine)
2012-10-29
Tracy McNicoll, Paris correspondent
The faded star of a French anti-racist icon.
In a country that went tipsy with Obamania four years ago, Harlem Désir’s election to lead France’s ruling Socialist Party might seem an occasion for bubbly. Désir—whose gifts include the coolest name in French politics—is the nation’s first black party leader. But his rise has elicited stunning indifference. In September, 74 percent of French poll respondents said they didn’t care. Only half of card-carrying Socialists bothered to cast their ballots. And the critics have been even less kind…
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