By Taiwan-based studio Next Media Animation (NMA), here is an illustration of Francois Hollande winning the french election. “Francois Hollande was elected president of France in the 2012 French presidential election Sunday, becoming France’s first Socialist president in 17 years. Hollande defeated incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy on promises to reassess austerity deals aimed at solving Europe’s [...]
France Welcomes Socialist Francois Hollande as President
For someone with no experience in national governance, Francois Hollande’s win in the French presidential elections on May 6, 2012 is nothing short of remarkable. The first Socialist to have earned the Presidential title since Francois Mitterrand (1988), Hollande ousted Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy by 51.63%. Supporters of Hollande celebrated over at the Place de la [...]
France Elections Results 2012 : Hollande 28%, Sarkozy 25%
Here are the results of the first round of the 2012 Presidential: (estimated) -Francois Hollande: 28.40% (socialist candidate) -Nicolas Sarkozy: 25.50% (actual French President) Only the two highest scores are kept (except if one candidate has more than 50%, he would be President in 1 round only). Hollande and Sarkozy will fight for 2nd round [...]
French elections results : up to a $100,000 fine
The law in France prohibit the publication of results, estimates or surveys of presidential elections before the close of all polling places at 8:00 pm (2:00 pm eastern time). “Until 8 p.m. Sunday, election day, when the last polling places close in the first round of voting, the country’s 10 presidential candidates may not give [...]
SOPA and PIPA are dead for now : Internet Freedom first win ?
SOPA Bill won’t be voted like this. Lamar Smith will pull the bill until there is a better solution. “I have heard from the critics and I take seriously their concerns regarding proposed legislation to address the problem of online piracy, Smith (R-Texas) said. It is clear that we need to revisit the approach on [...]
2012 US Elections on Facebook [infographic]
United States Presidential Elections will be held on 6 November 2012. But for now who is the first candidate in the race to the White House according to their number of fans on Facebook ? Barack Obama has 24 million fans, Mitt Rommey 1,26 million, Ron Paul 672 000 fans, Michele Bachman 460 000, Newt [...]
2012 US Elections : Google unveils a dedicated website
2012 US Elections will be held on November 6 2012 but Google is not late : the company already launched a dedicated website to follow the news of the candidates, democrats and republicans. A “Trends” section allows to see the popularity of the candidates according to State and day/week/month. A “Issues” Section shows the last [...]
Barack Obama is on Google +
U.S. President Barack Obama just landed on Google + with a verified profile page for his future presidential campaign in 2012. Yes it is indeed a page with his name + first name, and not a personal account. His G+ Page has already 4637 +1s after 1 day online. (note that Barack does not display [...]
Elysee 2.0: A brand new website Elysee.fr
The Elysée, with the help of the President of the Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy, has been able to get itself a brand new elegant website. The latter is so gorgeous that many would say that it has been widely inspired from the White House’s website. The fact is that both website looks alike. The previous videos [...]
