(ANSAmed) - PARIS, MAY 29 - The left is expected to win in
the June 10 and June 17 parliamentary elections in France, but
there will not be any Socialist ''red surge'' into the National
Assembly. This is the outlook shown in the first polls on voting
intentions for the French parliamentary elections conducted by
IPSOS for France Televisions.
The poll shows that the Ump, the party of the current right-wing
majority, along with its allies, is expected to garner 35% of
votes in the first round, ahead of Socialists and their allies
who are likely to rake in 31%. The National Front (far right) is
at 15%, the Front de Gauche 8% and the Greens 6%. In a logic of
bloc against bloc, the right would rack up 50% of votes compared
with 46.5% for the left, but any calculation is far from reality
since for the time being there are no agreements made between
the Ump and the National Front, a party which - to the contrary
- is expected to be the main problem for the right in the case
of triangular formations in the second round.
''The ratio of forces,'' said Brice Teinturier, one of the heads
of the IPSOS institute, ''is in favour of the left, but the win
is likely to be a limited one. The PS is not expected to get an
absolute majority.''(ANSAmed).
