And he isn't the only one of the party's relative household names to be issuing clarion calls for a rebuild, even before the votes are counted. Suffice it to say, a new phase of uncertainty awaits.
"We know it's a difficult time, but we don't want a battle of the clans," Socialist Party chief Olivier Faure told FRANCE 24, recalling that "every time we have managed to come together, we have won".
Indeed, one of the paradoxes of the Socialist Party is that, while it has almost disappeared from the French political landscape at the national level, the party's footprint at the local level remains deep: the Socialists hold the presidency in six of 13 French regions and hold nearly a quarter of the country's 101 departments. Hidalgo, after all, stood as a party success story when she earned the 2022 Socialist nomination last October, a year after winning re-election as mayor of the French capital.
And so beyond next Sunday's vote – and the first-round ouster and historic defeat all but the most ardent faithful expect the party to suffer – all Socialist eyes will be on the so-called third round, those make-or-break legislative elections in June.
Pioneer is in talks with Mitsubishi Electric, Alpine Electronics and Clarion on a possible tie-up in car navigation and other auto equipment operations, the Nikkei business daily reported on Sunday.
尖音小號或小喇叭：clarion call——感人的號召或演講
trumpet call——緊急呼喚
clarion (KLAR-ee-uhn)
adjective: Loud and clear.
noun: An ancient trumpet used as a signal in war.
Etymology
From Latin clarion- (trumpet), from clarus (clear). Earliest documented use: around 1384.
Usage
"'For survivors, Tullia Zevi was a clarion voice that warned against the dangers of neo-Nazism,' said Elan Steinberg." — Prominent Anti-fascist Dies Aged 91; Belfast Telegraph (Ireland); Jan 23, 2011.
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