François Hollande has won the French primary elections and thus becomes the officially sponsored Socialist candidate in the Presidential Elections in April and May 2012. He beat Martine Aubry comfortably by about 12 % of the votes in the run-off. (56 - 44)
President Sarkozy who has not yet indicated whether he will stand, but who is expected to do so, would be the main opponent Hollande would have to face next year. The only other candidate at present is Marine Le Pen, the National Front leader of the extreme far right. Daughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen, who sensationally beat and pushed socialist candidate and former Prime Minister Lionel Jospin into third place in 2002, could pinch votes from both Hollande and Sarkozy and sway the election of both.
DSK had an agreement with Martine Aubry to run for the Presidency until he was accused of attempted rape in the Sofitel hotel in New York. It seems she decided to stand when she realized that DSK had compromised all his chances. She launched her campaign much later than she might have wished and finally the support of the DSK clan was perhaps more of a hindrance than a help.
In fact, was Martine Aubry finally a collateral victim of the Sofitel affair ?
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