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'''Marie-Ségolène Royal''' (born 22 September 1953 in Dakar, [[Senegal]]) is a French politician. She is the President of the Poitou-Charentes region, a National Assembly member, and the [[Socialist]] candidate for the 2007 French presidential election. In the first round of voting for that election, on April 22, 2007, Royal received 25.9% of votes to qualify for the second round to face [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], who received 31.2%. Either Royal or Sarkozy will be elected the next President on May 6.
'''Marie-Ségolène Royal''' (born 22 September 1953 in Dakar, [[Senegal]]) is a French politician. She is the President of the Poitou-Charentes region, a National Assembly member, and the [[Socialist]] candidate for the 2007 French presidential election. In the first round of voting for that election, on April 22, 2007, Royal received 25.9% of votes to qualify for the second round to face [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], who received 31.2%. Either Royal or Sarkozy will be elected the next President on May 6.
Royal is good-looking and typically French.
==Policies==
==Policies==
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Segolene Royal has promised to implement leftist economic policies that will "frighten the capitalists." She also calls for European opposition to "the American hyperpower." <ref>http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20070424-102752-8335r.htm</ref>
She is known for her admiration for some "[[Third Way]]" policies (and has been compared to [[Tony Blair]] in this respect), for her insistence on the importance of the "welfare state" and for her support of participatory democracy and devolution.
She is known for her admiration for some "[[Third Way]]" policies (and has been compared to [[Tony Blair]] in this respect), for her insistence on the importance of the "welfare state" and for her support of participatory democracy and devolution.
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