Marla_Singer
United in diversity
Here are the twelve candidates of the presidential elections, I will try to sum up their programs so that you could pick the one you would vote for ! 
Gérard Schivardi
Age : 57 years old.
City of birth : Narbonne.
Political party : Parti des Travailleurs (Workers Party)
Political movement : paleolithic communism
Main proposals :
Arlette Laguiller
Age : 67 years old.
City of birth : Paris.
Political party : Lutte Ouvrière (Industrial workers struggle)
Political movement : old school trotskysm
Main proposals :
Olivier Besancenot
Age : 33 years old.
City of birth : Paris.
Political party : Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire (Revolutionary Communist League)
Political movement : post-trotskysm
Main proposals :
José Bové
Age : 54 years old.
City of birth : Talence.
Political party : Rassemblement Antilibérale de Gauche (Anticapitalist Left-wing rally)
Political movement : alter-globalism
Main proposals :
Marie-Georges Buffet
Age : 58 years old.
City of birth : Paris.
Political party : Parti Communiste Français (French Communist Party)
Political movement : post-stalinism
Main proposals :
Dominique Voynet
Age : 49 years old.
City of birth : Montbéliard.
Political party : Les Verts (The Greens)
Political movement : environmentalism
Main proposals :
Ségolène Royal
Age : 54 years old.
City of birth : Dakar, Senegal.
Political party : Parti Socialiste (Socialist Party)
Political movement : social-democracy
Main proposals :
François Bayrou
Age : 56 years old.
City of birth : Bordères.
Political party : Union des Démocrates Français (French Democrats Union)
Political movement : ultra-center
Main proposals :
Nicolas Sarkozy
Age : 52 years old.
City of birth : Paris.
Political party : Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (Popular Movement Union)
Political movement : pro-business liberalism
Main proposals :
Frédéric Nihous
Age : 39 years old.
City of birth : Valenciennes.
Political party : Chasse Pêche Nature et Tradition (Hunting Fishing Nature and Tradition)
Political movement : hunting ruralism
Main proposals :
Philippe de Villiers
Age : 58 years old.
City of birth : Boulogne (Vendée).
Political party : Mouvement Pour la France (Movement for France)
Political movement : patriotic conservatism
Main proposals :
Jean-Marie Le Pen
Age : 79 years old.
City of birth : La Trinité-sur-Mer.
Political party : Front National (National Front)
Political movement : far-right wing
Main proposals :
Gérard SchivardiAge : 57 years old.
City of birth : Narbonne.
Political party : Parti des Travailleurs (Workers Party)
Political movement : paleolithic communism
Main proposals :
- Unilateraly leaving the EU.
- Returning to the French francs.
- Nationalizing French major companies (those included in the CAC40 Stock exchange index)
- Developping the public services in rural areas.
- Getting rid of the French regions (centralization of powers).
Arlette LaguillerAge : 67 years old.
City of birth : Paris.
Political party : Lutte Ouvrière (Industrial workers struggle)
Political movement : old school trotskysm
Main proposals :
- Creating a tax on stock exchanges.
- Raising the tax on company benefits to 50%
- Raising the level of taxation up to 80% for the richest household.
- Creating 1 million public housing appartments.
- Raising the minimum income directly to 1,500 € monthly (US$2,000) without tax.
Olivier BesancenotAge : 33 years old.
City of birth : Paris.
Political party : Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire (Revolutionary Communist League)
Political movement : post-trotskysm
Main proposals :
- Creating a tax on stock exchanges.
- Cancelling all debts (public and private) of poor countries.
- Forbidding layoffs in beneficiary companies.
José BovéAge : 54 years old.
City of birth : Talence.
Political party : Rassemblement Antilibérale de Gauche (Anticapitalist Left-wing rally)
Political movement : alter-globalism
Main proposals :
- Creating a tax on stock exchanges.
- Cancelling all debts (public and private) of poor countries.
- Forbidding GM food research.
- Creating a large rally unifying all the far-left political forces.
Marie-Georges BuffetAge : 58 years old.
City of birth : Paris.
Political party : Parti Communiste Français (French Communist Party)
Political movement : post-stalinism
Main proposals :
- Creating a tax on stock exchanges, etc...
- Influencing the socialist party in making it lean more to the left
Dominique VoynetAge : 49 years old.
City of birth : Montbéliard.
Political party : Les Verts (The Greens)
Political movement : environmentalism
Main proposals :
- Creating a tax on polluting activities
- Creating a tax on oil companies benefits
- Getting rid of nuclear power (70% of power in France)
Ségolène RoyalAge : 54 years old.
City of birth : Dakar, Senegal.
Political party : Parti Socialiste (Socialist Party)
Political movement : social-democracy
Main proposals :
- Involving more citizens in political decisions.
- creating a new job contract specific to youngsters (subsidized jobs).
- Strengthening regional powers.
- Allowing gay marriage.
- Raising the minimal revenu to 1500 € (US$2,000) monthly and before taxation by 2010.
François BayrouAge : 56 years old.
City of birth : Bordères.
Political party : Union des Démocrates Français (French Democrats Union)
Political movement : ultra-center
Main proposals :
- Creating a small business act similar to the one in the US.
- Allowing the creation of 2 tax-free jobs for each smaller company.
- Strengthening the European Union.
- Inviting left-wing and right-wing politicians to join him in a kind of "coalition of the willings".
Nicolas SarkozyAge : 52 years old.
City of birth : Paris.
Political party : Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (Popular Movement Union)
Political movement : pro-business liberalism
Main proposals :
- Making a large-scale policy sponsoring business activity (Working more in order to earn more).
- Creating a policy of affirmative action to fight discriminations.
- Proposing to the EU a smaller treaty consisting only of the part 1 of the constitution which would be ratified in France without a referendum.
- Creating Job centers similar to UK ones where we lose subsidies after having refused 3 jobs corresponding to our profile.
- Making a policy of "chosen immigration" inspired by the Canadian system.
Frédéric NihousAge : 39 years old.
City of birth : Valenciennes.
Political party : Chasse Pêche Nature et Tradition (Hunting Fishing Nature and Tradition)
Political movement : hunting ruralism
Main proposals :
- Developping the public services in rural areas.
- Rethinking hunting policies and limitations.
- Creating tax-free areas in rural areas in order to sponsor business development.
Philippe de VilliersAge : 58 years old.
City of birth : Boulogne (Vendée).
Political party : Mouvement Pour la France (Movement for France)
Political movement : patriotic conservatism
Main proposals :
- Getting rid of the 35 hour week.
- Getting rid of the taxation on high fortunes.
- Reducing national level of taxation to 38% of the GDP.
- Creating national tax-barriers to protect French employment.
- Supporting French Patriotism.
Jean-Marie Le PenAge : 79 years old.
City of birth : La Trinité-sur-Mer.
Political party : Front National (National Front)
Political movement : far-right wing
Main proposals :
- Getting rid of the 35 hour week.
- Banning access to subsidies to foreigner migrants.
- Sponsoring access to employment for French citizens.
- Making a new code of citizenship based on blood.
- Getting rid of speed cameras on French roads and motorways.
