Another rebuff
THE fates know how to kick a man, even the prime minister of France, when he's down. But at least the latest blow to Lionel Jospin, whose prime-ministerial ratings last week suffered the worst slump in France's polling history, is by proxy. On September 17th, in the first round of a crowded election to choose a mayor for the Corsican city of Ajaccio, the man most closely associated with Mr Jospin's controversial plans for the island, José Rossi, won a derisory 21% of the votes. This is another slap in the face for the prime minister.
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