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Jostling For Position
It's probably inadvisable to judge someone's political career from the number of searches carried out for their name on a website like EURSOC, but we like to think it provides a valuable little cross-section of what interests the public at any given time.
So it's interesting to note that for the first time in our history, French socialist candidate Ségolène Royal has overtaken Nicolas Sarkozy in EURSOC's search rankings. Sarko has been in our top three search strings for years - now he's down to sixth, behind Iran and, er, "Eurosoc." Mme Royal leaps in with a bullet to number three.
Opinion polls show that the two are neck-and-neck for the presidency of France, up for grabs in 2007. Our insider's view suggests that Ségolène Royal might be worth a flutter.
The good news for both candidates is that the incumbent, Jacques Chirac, registers a poor 42nd in the search strings. The bad news? Both Royal and Sarko are beaten by our number two search query, "Banana Republique."
