News Headlines - 06 May 2012

▽French election: François Hollande favourite as voters go to the polls - The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/06/frnech-election-francois-hollande-polls?newsfeed=true
All polls for months have shown the Socialist party candidate, François Hollande, beating the rightwing Nicolas Sarkozy, the most unpopular French president ever to run for re-election... If Sarkozy is defeated after one term in office, he would become the 11th European leader to be swept from power since the economic crisis.

▽Greeks vote in critical but uncertain election - The Associated Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iMP1xeEZmxxCEUS0smRz3hBMrH8w?docId=f116f23fa7664311b17e4adaa422033e
Greeks cast ballots on Sunday in their most critical — and uncertain — election in decades, with voters set to punish the two main parties that are being held responsible for the country's dire economic straits.

▽Serbian Voters Go to Polls Amid EU-Inspired Austerity Anger - BusinessWeek
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-06/serbian-voters-go-to-polls-amid-anger-over-eu-inspired-austerity.html
Serbian voters went to the polls to choose between a further march toward the European Union and fiscal austerity or economic and political ties to the east.

▽David Cameron could be kicked out of No.10 in the next year, warns Tory MP - Metro
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/898311-david-cameron-could-be-kicked-out-of-no-10-in-the-next-year-warns-tory-mp-nadine-dorries
She said Tory backbenchers will move to kick him out if they do not see signs he is willing to adapt and give the party a chance of winning the next general election, which is due to take place by 2015.

▽Israel's Netanyahu set to call early vote - AFP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g-HtJHR5sOhl5UinVUEgoK-bccgQ?docId=CNG.2261c4065a85b788c0c8b282213a7f69.3a1
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to call for early general elections on Sunday, setting the stage for a September 4 vote that polls suggest he would easily win.