- Title: FRANCE: SOCIALISTS CLAIM VICTORY IN PARIS ELECTIONS.
- Date: 18th March 2001
- Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (MARCH 18, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV/ZOOM OUT: SUPPORTERS OF SOCIALIST BERTRAND DELANOE CHEER AS EXIT POLLS APPEAR ON HUGE SCREEN AND PRESENTER ANNOUNCES, "IN PARIS, THE LEFT HAS THE ADVANTAGE" 0.11 2. CU: WOMAN HOLDING GLASS OF WINE/ BARMAN POURING WINE (2 SHOTS) 0.19 3. CU/ZOOM OUT: SOCIALIST MP HENNEMAN STANDING WITH GLASS OF WINE IN HIS HAND 0.27 4. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (French) SOCIALIST MP HENNEMAN, SAYING: "I feel that the French capital, which is one of the world's great cultural capitals, must have a sense of change after such a long period under the right." 0.39 5. GV/MV: VARIOUS OF CROWD CELEBRATING/ PEOPLE CHANTING, "WE HAVE WON"/ CROWD CHEERING AS DELANOE ARRIVES AT HEADQUARTERS (3 SHOTS) 0.58 6. MV/GV: DELANOE ARRIVING/ VARIOUS DELANOE APPROACHING PODIUM (4 SHOTS) 1.30 7. MV: (SOUNDBITE) (French) SOCIALIST BERTRAND DELANOE, SAYING: "Emotion is present tonight in the hearts of those who for so long have dreamed of putting Paris back on the path of the future, of imagination and of hope. Thank you voters who, through conviction, creativity and generosity, have been the architects and actors of this historic moment." 2.13 8. MV/ZOOM/GV: DELANOE WAVING AT END OF SPEECH, CHEERING CROWD/ DELANOE CLAPPING (2 SHOTS) 2.40 9. LV/PAN/GV: VARIOUS EXTERIOR CITY HALL / CROWD (2 SHOTS) 2.55 10. MCU: (SOUNDBITE) (French) SOCIALIST DISTRICT COUNCILOR SYLVIE VIEVORKA, SAYING: "I think that things are going to be completely different now, and when I say I'm happy that it's Bertrand it's because it's a question of the man and his style. We've heard about their policies and programmes, but what counts also is the person who implements them. And for me, tonight is a terrific joy." 3.09 11. GV: CITY HALL AND CROWD 3.18 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: PARIS, FRANCE
- Country: France
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- Story Text: The left has claimed an historic victory in Paris
during the municipal elections, ending 130 years of right-wing
control in the French capital.
Before the final results of the municipal elections
were released, a CSA polling institute forecast a narrow
victory in the capital for a united left slate led by
Socialist Bertrand Delanoe, one of France's few openly gay
politicians.
Wine flowed at Delanoe's campaign headquarters on Sunday
evening (March 18), where his supporters burst into a chorus
of cheers as the first projections appeared on a giant
television screen.
Standing among the celebrating supporters Socialist Member
of Parliament Henneman said, "I feel that the French capital,
which is one of the world's great cultural capitals, must have
a sense of change after such a long period under the right."
The crowd chanted, "We have won," as Delanoe walked
towards the podium to address the crowd.
"Thank you voters who, through conviction, creativity and
generosity, have been the architects and actors of this
historic moment," said Delanoe.
Thousands of people gathered outside the Paris town hall
for a joyous celebration of the first left-wing victory over
the capital since the 1871 Paris Commune.
Socialist district councilor Sylvie Vievorka said she
believed things would be different in the city following the
elections.
"When I say I'm happy that it's Bertrand it's because
it's a question of the man and his style. We've heard about
their policies and programmes, but what counts also is the
person who implements them. And for me, tonight is a terrific
joy," added Vievorka.
CSA said Delanoe would win between 82 and 95 of the 163
seats on the Paris council. It gave 59 to 67 seats to the
slate led by Philippe Seguin, the official candidate of
President Jacques Chirac's RPR party, and seven to 11 seats to
the list led by the scandal-tainted outgoing mayor, Jean
Tiberi.
A separate projection by the Ipsos institute also gave the
left victory.
The Paris result could mark a personal blow for Chirac,
who served as mayor for 18 years until his election as
president in 1995 and has treated the capital as his personal
fiefdom for close to a quarter of a century.
Other projections correctly forecast a narrow victory for
the left in France's second city, Lyon.
Paris was by far the greatest prize in elections for
mayors of more than 36,000 villages, towns and cities across
France.
The key to the Paris and Lyon defeats was that in both
cities the right was divided. United, the right sparkled,
taking almost 30 towns from the left while losing only around
10.
Final results of Sunday's elections were released early on
Monday (March 19).
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