Socialists Score Well in First Round of French Parliamentary Elections, Economically Insane Ideas Coming Up

Socialists Score Well in First Round of French Parliamentary Elections, Economically Insane Ideas Coming Up

Be prepared for the Socialists to wreck France. The Guardian reports French Socialists on course to score absolute majority in parliament and President François Hollande is about to get a free hand in his response to country's economic crisis.

The left has scored well in the first round of French parliamentary elections, leaving the Socialist party within reach of an absolute majority that would give François Hollande, the president, a free hand in his approach to dealing with the economic crisis.

The Socialists need 289 out of the 577 seats in the national assembly to take an absolute majority in...