Segolene Royal- French Presidential Candidate with a new, fresh approachBloomberg.com: EuropeRoyal, in Socialist Debate, Criticizes France's 35-Hour Week - by Emma Vandore
Oct. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Segolene Royal, the leading Socialist presidential candidate, said the 35-hour work week needs fixing, seeking to distinguish herself from her two rivals for the opposition party's nomination in their first debate. ``The `35 hours' was a wonderful success for the majority of workers, but for a minority'' it led to a ``social regression,'' she said in the two-hour televised debate late yesterday in Paris. ``We have to repair this.''
Royal, 53, is headed toward victory in the first round of party voting next month, surveys suggest. The lawmaker leads former Finance Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn and ex-Prime Minister Laurent Fabius by more than two-to-one. An Ifop poll published yesterday showed her trailing the governing party's likely candidate, Nicolas Sarkozy, by 53 percent to 47 percent.Royal is ``popular because she speaks in a simple language,'' said Stephane Baumont, a professor at Toulouse University of Social Sciences. ``She showed she isn't afraid of debates. She's pragmatic, she's something new, and that's what French people want. The other two represent the past.''
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