Auxiris: Danger? I suppose you mean the National Runts have some strong regional candidates...usually the case.

But it's an opportunity too, because the universal sentiment of the left is that they are aroused and PISSED OFF that they actually had to vote for Chirac this time...and he doesn't seem terribly grateful, his plans are:

"The priorities of the new government would be "to re-establish the authority of the state, respond to the demands for security and put France on a new path of growth and employment", Mr Chirac said in his victory speech." (from the BBC story)

Gosh, what does that mean about the authority of the state, anyway?

So France is at least going into a parliamentary election with a suddenly motivated and apparently practical-minded left, which is bound to be interesting.