Ségolène Royal

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Marie Ségolène Royal Template:IPA (born September 22, 1953 in Dakar, Sénégal) is a French politician, and a prominent member of the Socialist Party.

A graduate of the ENA, she was a judge (conseiller) of an administrative court before holding elected office [1]. She is a député for the Deux-Sèvres département, and was minister both under Pierre Bérégovoy from 1992 to 1993 and Lionel Jospin from 1997 to 2002. On 28 March 2004, she was elected (with more than 55%) president of the region Poitou-Charentes, notably defeating Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin in his home region.

Her domestic partner is French Socialist Party leader François Hollande, with whom she has four children under the PACS (pacte civil de solidarité) of 1999 which provides for civil union between two adults, regardless of gender. In the past, she has mounted campaigns against the exposure of children to violent television shows, including cartoons (see her 1989 book, listed below, Le Ras-le-bol des bébés zappeurs, roughly translatable as "The Dissatisfaction of the Vid-Kids"). Template:Politics of France On September 22, 2005, Paris Match published an interview in which she declared that she was considering running for the presidency in 2007 [2]. After the government was forced into a humiliating climb-down in the face of youth riots against the CPE laws, she is tipped as the lead contender in what is dubbed the Sarko-Sego race against Nicolas Sarkozy.

On April 7, 2006, Mme Royal launced an internet-led electoral campaign at [3], publishing the first of ten chapters of her political manifesto. Though not yet a Presidential candidate, the campaign - which allows contributions by visitors in order to help "complete" the book - is designed to help Mme Royal produce a text which will be published in September 2006, two months before the Socialist Party elects its Presidential candidate. The real choice will be in September 2006, when PS and most of all Lionel Jospin will finaly announce that he is or not, candidate for presidency. Some experts in French politics think that a "ticket" formed of Lionel Jospin and Ségolène Royal is secretly prepared. The social-conservative lady could so be the second female Prime Minister of the French republic (the first lady for this charge was Édith Cresson, named by François Mitterrand during the eighties).

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Political policies and career

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Local politics

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National politics

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Environment

  • Law on the treatment and recycling of refuse (La loi sur le traitement et le recyclage des déchets) [9];
  • Law to preserve the countryside (La loi sur la reconquête des paysages), followed by efforts to provide proper labelling for the products of 100 local areas (opération «Sauvons nos paysages, savourons leurs produits») [10];
  • Law against noise pollution (La loi de lutte contre le bruit) [11].
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Education

  • Re-launch of the Priority Education Zones ( ZEP / zone d'éducation prioritaire);
  • Creation of a government student lunch program;
  • Implementation of language instruction as a priority in primary schools;
  • Creation of a national home-tutoring program, Heures de Soutien Scolaire [12];
  • Creation of programs for parental involvement in schools, "la Semaine des parents à l'école", and national campaigns for the elections of parent-representatives;
  • Creation of local education and citizenship education contracts;
  • Launch of "Initiatives citoyennes" for teaching children how to live together;
  • Defense of children's rights and campaign against violence in the schools (Loi de juin 1998 relative à la prévention et à la répression des infractions sexuelles ainsi qu'à la protection des mineurs);
  • Campaign against "hazing" of children (Loi de juin 1998 contre le bizutage);
  • Campaign against violence and racketeering, implementation of an "SOS Violence" telephone number;
  • Implemented mandatory civics instruction in secondary schools.
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Family and social affairs

  • Law on parental rights and obligations (loi sur l'autorité parentale) ;
  • Reform of women's rights and abortion law (l'accouchement sous X) [13] ;
  • Creation of Paternity Leave;
  • Creation of 40,000 new openings in French nursery schools;
  • Social housing reform [14];
  • Parental time-off provisions and financial support for child illness care [15];
  • Special Education support (parents d'enfants handicapés) ;
  • Education support for school returnees (Allocation de rentrée scolaire) ;
  • Law against the prostitution of minors (Loi contre la prostitution des mineurs) providing penal measures for clients;
  • Law against pedophile pornography;
  • Creation of the association "Childhood and the Media" ("Enfance et média"), against violence in the media;
  • Creation of the "Plan Handiscole" for the education of handicapped children and adolescents, and their integration into life at school;
  • Programs for transportation, mass and individual;
  • Creation of the program "Tourism & The Handicapped" ("Tourisme et handicap") [16].
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LGBT Issues

Ségolène Royal is one of the few leading members of the Socialist Party, along with Lionel Jospin, who has shown at times a conservative attitude towards same-sex marriage and adoption by same-sex couples. However:

  • In 2000, Mme Royal, as the then Minister of the Family and Children spoke out against homophobic bullying in schools, saying, “School must be a place a place of tolerance, of welcome. Too many young people face teasing, social exclusion because of their sexual orientation… Some consider drugs, suicide attempts. It is time to stand up to this hostility shown towards homosexuality.” She later introduced an educational pack in high schools and colleges called “The Happiness of Loving”, designed particularly for teachers and nurses. It comprises a video, educational information and printed copies for students which address the different issues of homosexuality and homophobia. It includes information on the Civil Partnership scheme, the situation of homosexuals and the discrimination which they face abroad. Mme Royal commented further on the issue later that year, “It is necessary, in my opinion, to step up against homophobia, to recognise and respect each other, with our differences”.
  • A law passed in February 2002, which was defended by Mme Royal as part of the Jospin government, gave legal recognition, for the first time, to families with gay parents, part of the law’s object. Article 7 of the law amended Article 337 of the Civil Code in allowing the parents to “[delegate] all or part of the exercise of their parental authority to a third person, member of the family [or] trustworthy near relation,”. Article 337-1, added by the law, ensures that “delegation may provide, for the needs of education of a child, that the father and mother, or one of them, shall share all or part of the exercise of parental authority with the third person delegatee."


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Ministerial career

  • April 3, 1992 - March 29, 1993, Minister of the Environment
  • June 4, 1997 - March 27, 2000, Vice-Minister for Education (ministre déléguée à l'Enseignement scolaire auprès du ministre de l'Éducation Nationale)
  • March 27, 2000 - March 27, 2001, Vice-Minister for Family and Childhood (ministre déléguée à la Famille et à l'Enfance auprès de la ministre de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité)
  • March 28, 2001 - May 5, 2002, Vice-Minister for Family and Childhood and Handicapped Persons (ministre déléguée à la Famille, à l'Enfance et aux Personnes handicapées auprès de la ministre de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité).
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Elective office

  • June 13, 1988 - May 2, 1992, deputy for Deux-Sèvres
  • April 2, 1993 - April 21, 1997, deputy for Deux-Sèvres
  • June 1, 1997 - July 4, 1997, deputy for Deux-Sèvres
  • since June 2002, deputy for Deux-Sèvres
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Bibliography

Articles: latest 5 by or about S. Royal, most recent first --

  • "France looks to Sarko-Sego race", by Caroline Wyatt, BBC News, Paris, Tuesday, 11 April 2006: "which potential presidential candidate has profited the most from French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin's discomfiture?... On the right there is his cabinet colleague, the sharp, ambitious Interior Minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, who is also leader of the governing centre-right UMP party. And on the left, MP Segolene Royal, the Socialist in stilettos, a regional leader who is hotly tipped as France's first real potential Madame la Présidente, overtaking her piqued male colleagues from nowhere. The idea of a Sarko-Sego battle has gripped the nation's imagination, with Madame Royal now the cover-woman of the moment, her elegant features smiling from the front pages of four of the country's leading news magazines this week..." -- [17]
  • "French elections : Is this the face of France's first Madame la Présidente? : Despite her country's macho politics, Ségolène Royal is increasingly seen as a future leader", by Kim Willsher in Paris -- Friday March 3, 2006 -- The Guardian. [18]
  • "Ségolène Royal Republic Candidate", in ArtsLivres in English Mar 03 10:10 AM: "For the first time in history, the French may crown a woman their President : a recent ad campaign in France covers a quarter horse race with odds of three to one. Radio Télévision Luxembourg halve the story…" [19]
  • "Chirac's wife says woman could be next president", on Expatica Feb 21 7:15 AM: "PARIS, Feb 21, 2006 (AFP) - The wife of President Jacques Chirac paid an unexpected tribute to Ségolène Royal, the Socialist frontrunner for next year's presidential elections, saying that 'women's time has come', French newspapers reported on Tuesday..." [20]
  • "Liberté, Égalité, Sororité", in Daily Telegraph: International News Feb 11 4:43 PM: "Striding in from the Left last week came Ségolène Royal, a tall, glamorous, 52-year-old French woman, tipped by many to be the resoundingly chauvinistic republic's first female president..." [21]


Books: author S. Royal unless shown otherwise --

  • Le Ras-le-bol des bébés zappeurs (Paris : R. Laffont, 1989) ISBN 2-221-05826-7, cover "Télé-massacre, l'overdose?", subjects): Télévision et enfants, Violence -- A la télévision.
  • Pays, paysans, paysages (Paris : R. Laffont, 1993) ISBN 2-221-07046-1, subject(s): Environnement -- Protection -- France ; Politique de l'environnement -- France ; Développement rural -- France.
  • France. Ministère de l'environnement (1991-1997) Ségolène Royal, une année d'actions pour la planète : avril 1992 - mars 1993 (Paris : Ministère de l'environnement, ca 1993), subject(s): Politique de l'environnement -- France.
  • France. Assemblée nationale (1958-) Commission des affaires étrangères Rapport d'information sur les suites de la Conférence de Rio / présenté par M. Roland Nungesser et Mme Ségolène Royal (Paris : Assemblée nationale, 1994) ISBN 2-11-087788-X, subject(s): Développement durable ; Conférence des Nations unies sur l'environnement et le développement.
  • La vérité d'une femme (Paris : Stock, 1996) ISBN 2-234-04648-3, subject(s): Pratiques politiques -- France -- 1970-.
  • Laguerre, Christian École, informatique et nouveaux comportements préf. de Ségolène Royal (Paris ; Montréal (Québec) : Éd. l'Harmattan, 1999) ISBN 2-7384-7453-5, subject(s): Informatique -- Aspect social ; Éducation et informatique ; Ordinateurs et enfants.
  • Sassier, Monique Construire la médiation familiale : arguments et propositions preface by Ségolène Royal (Paris : Dunod, 2001) ISBN 2-10-005993-9.
  • Amar, Cécile and Hassoux, Didier Ségolène et François ([Paris] : Privé, impr. 2005) ISBN 2-35076-002-2, subject(s): Royal, Ségolène (1953-) -- Biographies ; Hollande, François (1954-) -- Biographies.
  • Bernard, Daniel Madame Royal ([Paris] : Jacob-Duvernet, impr. 2005) ISBN 2-84724-091-8, subject(s): Royal, Ségolène (1953-) -- Biographies ; France -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1958-.
  • Désir d'avenir ([Paris] : Flammarion, [forthcoming, March 2006]) ISBN 2080688057.
  • Malouines-Me La Madone et le Culbuto - Ou l'Inlassable Ambition de Ségolène Royal et François Hollande ([Paris] : Fayard, [forthcoming, April 5 2006]), series: LITT.GENE, ISBN 2213623546.
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