If the left secures a majority of seats in parliament, Socialist leader Lionel Jospin would likely become prime minister in a power-sharing arrangement with President Chirac.

如果左翼在议会中获得多数席位，社会党领袖莱昂内尔·若斯潘可能会成为总理，与总统希拉克分享权力。

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Under Mitterrand, it was the wealth tax. Under Mr Jospin, it was Ms Aubry's 35-hour working week.

密特朗当政时引进的是财富税；若斯潘时代采取的是奥布里的每周35小时工作制。

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Many analysts consider that Lionel Jospin, the Socialist contender in 2002, failed to get into the second round because he moved to the centre too soon.

许多分析人士认为02年大选的有力争夺者诺斯潘之所以折戟于第二轮投票就是因为其过早争取中间选民了。

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But they will now want more than Mr Jospin's usual lip-service to their environmental concerns.

ECONOMIST: France

In Strasbourg, a former Jospin minister was ousted from her power base by 41-year-old Fabienne Keller.

ECONOMIST: France

Or perhaps, it adds, Jospin simply said what he was thinking at that moment.

BBC: Mixed media reaction for Jospin