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Tue 03 Mar 2010Big loss for Sarkozy's UMP in regional poll
THERE MAY be a second round still to come, but the French left made little effort to conceal its joy yesterday when official regional election results confirmed a heavy defeat for French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s party.
“Waterloo? Sedan? Agincourt? The Berezina? One hesitates . . . In any case, the French right has just had one of the worst performances in its history,” gloated the left-wing daily Libération.
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