PARIS After the Senate and the presidency, the French parliament was on course to swing left Sunday after a decade in the hands of the center-right Union for a Popular Movement.
Socialist Party François Hollande and other Left factions together to end the party of former President Nicolas Sarkozy in the first round of elections to the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament.
Although the right won more votes from Sunday left, the left united was scheduled to win a majority of seats in next week run-off.
A projection published by Ipsos showed the Socialists winning 270 to 300 seats in the 577-member assembly next week, compared with 227 to 266 seats for the UMP and no more than two seats to the far-right Front National.
Add in Green (12 to 16 seats) and the radical Left Front (13-18 seats) and the Socialists could easily gather a majority of 289 seats.
An overwhelming majority give free rein Hollande implementing its program, which aims to strengthen growth and jobs while cutting the budget deficit.
Barring a majority, the party may have to haggle with the anti-Europe, anti-banker Left Front to pass legislation.
This can force a program to continue Hollande left and confine his attempts to bring the budget deficit in line with the European Union target of 3 percent by 2013.
Add in Green (12 to 16 seats) and the radical Left Front (13-18 seats) and the Socialists could easily gather a majority of 289 seats.
An overwhelming majority give free rein Hollande implementing its program, which aims to strengthen growth and jobs while cutting the budget deficit.
Barring a majority, the party may have to haggle with the anti-Europe, anti-banker Left Front to pass legislation.
This can force a program to continue Hollande left and confine his attempts to bring the budget deficit in line with the European Union target of 3 percent by 2013.
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