French Prime Minister Francois Fillon will meet President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday to discuss the consequences of the ruling centre-right UMP party's heavy loss in regional elections at the weekend.
Fillon said on Sunday he accepted his share of the blame for one of the worst defeats for the centre-right in decades, as voters punished the government for the weak economy, growing unemployment and often incoherent policy presentation.
Although Fillon is not expected to offer his resignation, some ministers look certain to lose their jobs in what one senior official predicted would be a "technical reshuffle".
The UMP bloc was comprehensively beaten on Sunday, winning no more than three of France's 26 regions and taking only 35.4 percent of the vote compared with 54.1 percent for the Socialists and their allies, according to preliminary results.
Source : http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-47102120100322
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