“The new MoDem is a failure.”
It is. But I admire Bayrou’s fortitude. He always said he would not “trade” his voters away, and even when faced with defeat he clings to it.
Of course, the fact his UMP rival just withdrew from the three-candidates run on Bayrou’s voting district, leaving him facing a Socialist may have helped too... ;)
Another brilliant Sarko move. Allow Bayrou to live and fight another battle, while keeping him from aligning with the Left.
Royal’s famous phone call to Bayrou, later admitted to be only a message on his answering machine, was the last straw for the Socialists. Left her dangling in the wind.