对于急于重新当选而又尚未从2002年利昂内尔·若斯潘（Lionel Jospin）首轮选举即惨遭淘汰的屈辱经历中恢复元气的社会党来说，真正的问题在于它是否敢于对抗罗亚尔身后民意支持的洪流。
For the Socialist Party, which is eager to return to power but has not yet recovered from the humiliating defeat of Lionel Jospin in the first round of the presidential election in 2002, the question is whether it can afford to resist the wave of favorable public opinion behind Royal.