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Louis vuitton outlet The Socialist primary race to choose a presidential candidate is the first exercise of its kind in France. Anyone on the electoral register can vote if they pay €1 and sign that they adhere to the ideals of the French left. The first round is on 9 October, followed by a second-round runoff on 16 October.Before Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested in May on attempted rape charges in New York, he was considered to be an almost certain winner. Now the race is wide open.
louis vuitton outlet store Thursday sees the first of three TV debates between the six candidates. François Hollande, MP for Corrèze and party leader until 2008, is broadly centre-left and promises to defend French youth, fairer taxes and cut the French deficit. Polls suggest he is best placed to beat Sarkozy. Second is Martine Aubry, 60, mayor of Lille and the most recent party leader, who as an architect of the 35-hour week is further left and has promised a more "caring" society with strong public sector and an increase in arts spending.
louis vuitton handbags Ségolène Royal, the head of the western Poitou-Charentes region who lost to Sarkozy, left, in 2007, claims she still has a strong following across France with her views on open democracy and public consultation.Manuel Valls, an MP and mayor in the Paris suburbs has taken a hardline view on security and spending cuts and is seen as towards the right of the party; Arnaud Montebourg, an MP in eastern France has taken the most leftist stance, calling for "deglobalisation" and an end to bank speculation.Jean-Michel Baylet, leader of the small centre-left Radical Party of the Left, is the only non-Socialist running.
louis vuitton bags Lawyers for former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo pleaded with a U.S. judge on Wednesday to block his extradition to the United States on money-laundering charges, saying he was improperly arrested in the Central American nation.U.S. District Judge Robert Patterson delayed any ruling on the case in Manhattan federal court until a later date. Defense lawyers are asking that he be freed from Guatemalan custody. Portillo, who was president from 2000 to 2004, has been held for more than a year. A U.S. grand jury indicted him in 2009, charging him with laundering $70 million through U.S. banks.
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