In one foul swipe, President Hollande has tried to impose his style and that of his Government. He has also tried to put the women around him in their place !!!
Whether he has been successful remains to be seen.
Delphine Batho, who was his official spokeswoman during the Presidential Elections in 2012 later became the Ecology Minister. She has now been "sacked" for being, it would seem, impudent, too pushy and too "green" ! She was sacked after she criticised the Budget Reductions imposed by Hollande on the Green budget and all the other Government budgets.
One should not forget that Batho supplanted Segolene Royal, the first "partner" of Hollande and mother of their four children in the general elections of 2007.
The "greens" were shocked by this decision and held a long meeting to decide how they should react. They are part of the "socialist majority" because they prevented the "Right" to get Sarkozy re-elected as President.
With the help of Socialists they obtained 17 seats in the second round, even though their share of votes in the first round was only 5.46%. (The National Front obtained 13.6% in the first round but only 2 seats in all without outside help).
The "Greens" finally decided to remain faithful to the Socialists, but for how long remains to be seen !
Support for Hollande has been crumbling since his election. His influence in EUROZONE politics has not been convincing and popularity polls in France have been catastrophic. Only 25-30 % of former voters are still satisfied with his dithering.
The impression is that he does not act but hopes that world trade will come out of the recession and rescue him so that he can start to fulfill his 60 + more Election Promises ! The French are worried.
With the German General Elections coming up on 22 September 2013, the whole EUROZONE is as worried as Merkel herself. Will she and her coalitition be re-elected or will her EUROZONE policies be "changed" ?
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