Update: 29/09/2011 - French elections - Socialist Party (France) - UMP
The left's quiet man in the Senate vies for leadership
Jean-Pierre Bel (pictured right), the Socialist Party's leader in the French Senate, looks to be a shoo-in for the chamber’s next president. But his sudden rise to prominence has drawn criticism from within his own camp.
FRANCE 24 (text)
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http://www.france24.com/en/20110929-france-senate-jean-pierre-bel-left-socialist-party-president-aubry-politics