- Location
- Colwyn Bay/Manchester
- Pronouns
- He/him
Famous in OTL for being the one where the Socialist came third, if Jospin had come second he would have been well placed to win in the second round.
A few PODs for this have been suggested over the years - Chevenement not coming out of his coma, Taubira not running, Megret doing a bit better and taking more votes off Le Pen, or, possibly the most constitutionally interesting coming from @Redolegna, Jospin doesn't succeed in getting the legislatives delayed and the left win them to give him more momentum going in (which possibly also sets up a TL where that happens and he still gets eliminated for maximum banter levels).
But how would President Jospin have been different from President Chirac in 2002-2007 on specific big issues? Who would have been PM? How would it have affected the European constitution referendum? Would he have run again in 2007, and who would have been his likely opponents?
A few PODs for this have been suggested over the years - Chevenement not coming out of his coma, Taubira not running, Megret doing a bit better and taking more votes off Le Pen, or, possibly the most constitutionally interesting coming from @Redolegna, Jospin doesn't succeed in getting the legislatives delayed and the left win them to give him more momentum going in (which possibly also sets up a TL where that happens and he still gets eliminated for maximum banter levels).
But how would President Jospin have been different from President Chirac in 2002-2007 on specific big issues? Who would have been PM? How would it have affected the European constitution referendum? Would he have run again in 2007, and who would have been his likely opponents?