(Other) Abbas Invites French Pres Hollande to Visit Palestinian Territories.(
RN).Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has invited French President-elect Francois Hollande to visit Palestinian territories, Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Abbas congratulated Hollande on winning Sunday’s second round of presidential elections in France.
The French president-elect, to take office on May 15, said he was ready to meet with the Palestinian leader. In a telephone conversation, Abbas wished Hollande success for his country’s progress, prosperity and greater role on the regional and international arena. Hollande, an opposition leader of the French Socialist Party, was elected France’s new president in Sunday’s runoff. He was supported by 51.62 percent of the voters, while incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy got 48.38 percent in the May 6 vote. Hollande will be France's first Socialist president since Francois Mitterrand who served two seven-year terms in 1981-1995.
A study carried out by the polling organisation OpinionWay on the day of the second round of the election reveals massive Muslim support for the Socialist party. It testifies to a rejection of Sarkozyism but not all the values of the right, especially on social questions such as homosexuality. The Muslims demanded change, and they got it. According to a study of the electorate carried out by OpinionWay and Fiducial on May 6 for Le Figaro based on 10,000 voters, 93% of the believers slipped a "François Hollande" ballot into their envelope. Only 7% of them voted for Nicholas Sarkozy.
Given the closeness of the election and the number of Muslims in France (generally estimated at 3-6 million), we can now say definitively that the Muslim vote altered the outcome of this election.
Hmmm.....No wonder Obama wanted to see him quickly. Read the full story
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