Meanwhile, the Senate, the French parliament’s upper house, a conservative bastion between the two world wars and ever since, swung to a Socialist majority for the first time in history at the end of 2011. The Socialists also control 20 of France’s 22 regional governments, a majority of the presidencies of the Departments, and most cities with more than 30,000 inhabitants.
与此同时，法国参议院（法国立法机关由参议院和国民议会两院组成）这座在两次大战之间以及战后时期一直牢不可破的保守派壁垒也在2011年年末有史以来第一次落入了社会党多数派之手。社会党人同时还控制了法国22个大区政府中的20个，把持着政府里大多数部门的最高领导权，还掌控了3万人以上规模城市政府中的绝大多数。