Scottish Labour Party. The election is noted for the controversy over ballot papers and the electoral wipe-out of virtually all of the small parties and independent candidates, except the Scottish Green Party and Margo MacDonald (Ind). May 6 - French Presidential election. Nicolas Sarkozy defeats Segolene Royal in the second round of the election for the next President of France. May 14 - Scotland. The SNP and the Scottish Green Party reach agreement on their relationship within the Scottish Parliament. Despite hopes that the Greens would enter into coalition or Confidence and supply arrangement with the SNP the final deal was not quite as encompassing as that model . May 16 - French Presidential election. Nicolas Sarkozy is installed as the 23rd President of the French Republic. May 24 - Irish General Election. The ruling Fianna Fáil party comes close to an overall majority, winning 78 of the 166 seats in Dáil Éireann. BBC News May 25 - Victor Yushchenko orders interior ministry troops into the capital amid a deepening political crisis. May 26 - Margaret Hodge controversy. UK Trade Minister becomes embroiled in a race-relations disaster after the British National Party (A Xenophobic Right-Wing political party) say that they agree with her view "that British people should be given priority over migrants for social housing." BBC News May 27 - Gordon Brown the current Chancellor of the Exchequer and Prime minister in-waiting of the UK admits that he believes mistakes were made in the aftermath of the 2003 Iraq war. May 27 - Ukrainian political crisis. President Victor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Victor Yanukovych end a deepening political crisis by agreeing to hold elections on 30 September 2007. BBC News May 29 - 33rd G8 summit. As with many previous G8 summits the 33rd, being hosted in Germany, is marred by violent clashes between the police and Anti-globalisation demonstrators before it starts. 21 arrests are made and approx 600 people are injured in riots in the city of Hamburg. BBC News-Hamburg Police Battle Protesters Frank's Marceau birthday May 31 - Northern Ireland. Sinn Féin members take their first seats on the Policing Boards of the reformed Royal Ulster Constabulary - the Police Service of Northern Ireland. (BBC News-Sinn Feín's Policing Board Debut) June June 1 - Scottish Parliament Election. After nearly a month of ignoring the new First Minister of Scotland (Alex Salmond) Gordon Brown finally phones to congratulate