THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: According to the latest polls, by spring 2007 the president of France could well be Nicolas Sarkozy, the man who The Washington Post described as “not your everyday French politician.” For a start, the current French Interior Minister and leader of the UMP conservative party is pro-American. He understands that the war on terrorism is the world’s fight and not one America should have to bear alone. He grasps the nature of the threat facing Continental Europe from Muslim extremism and favors fighting terrorism head-on and without apology. His worldview is not one that ends in the Michelin-starred restaurants of Paris. Further, he is vocally enthusiastic about the Anglo-Saxon economic model and keen to shake up the statist, government-centered French economy with a hefty dose of innovation and entrepreneurialism. So if Nicolas Sarkozy does become president next year, what exactly will it mean for U.S. interests? Regime Change in Paris: How Nicolas Sarkozy Could Reinvigorate U.S.-French Relations by Sally McNamaraMark Alexander
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
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I prefer Villiers but Sarkozy is my second choice.
John:
I have found these interesting links on Philippe de Villiers this morning. Unfortunately they are in French:
Villiers : «Les auteurs de l’attaque du bus à Marseille doivent être expulsés»
and
"L’islamisation plus grave que l’islamisme. Pour Villiers, le risque terroriste est le paravent qui masque une lente islamisation, qu’il est politiquement incorrect de dénoncer. Or, ce processus fait peser sur la société française des menaces plus dangereuses que les réseaux islamistes: car «il est plus insidieux»que le terrorisme, qui, pour affronter les sociétés occidentales, est obligé de s’exposer." - Philippe de Villiers dans son livre, Les Mosquées de Roissy [Source: Villiers Président pour la France
I certainly agree with him when he says that the Islamization of our societies is far more important an issue than terrorism. That should be self-evident, but the politicians just don't wish to see it, let alone say it.
Sarkozy has zero chance and his ethnicity will be held against him.
There is a genuine chance that a fed up country could move right towards Le Pen.
Sarkozy represents more of the same
malaise.
I remember in the eighties the arrogant visitors from across the pond lecturing me about blacks in America. There is no crime in Europe nor perpetual underclass were
the fantasies.
Socialist idiocy and a changing economy led to third world immigraton. No Europe has its own underclass, but unlike ours they seek to dominate rather than equality. Crime is rising and generational welfare dependency are now European models. The French seem to be proposing a recyled hash of affirmative action.
The real solution would be to lower the barriers to the formation of new businesses. Yet solutions do not come easy in a Socialistic mess
that is common in Europe. Everyone except Jews and the dominant culture are victims and are expected to do nothing.
John:
According to Wikipedia, he garners only about 4% of the vote; so I doubt that Philippe de Villiers has a fighting chance of becoming president of France right now. Sarkozy, by contrast, has a real chance, I believe.
But I agree with you, he does have some interesting policies; and he's four square against the rampant Islamization of France.
Wouldn't it be great if the electorate really woke up to what's happening around them. Elections, these days, are won or lost on non-vital issues. Most people think only of what the election is going to mean to the dollar, pound, or euro in their pockets. It's a sad fact of Western politics these days.
Sarkozy has zero chance and his ethnicity will be held against him. There is a genuine chance that a fed up country could move right towards Le Pen.
I don't know that I agree with your assessment, Beakerkin. Sarkozy, at least by French standards, is pretty good, I think. He's certainly no socialist. He's head of the conservative party (UMP).
Sarkozy represents more of the same malaise.
I don't think he does, actually.
I remember in the eighties the arrogant visitors from across the pond lecturing me about blacks in America. There is no crime in Europe nor perpetual underclass were the fantasies.
Socialist idiocy and a changing economy led to third world immigraton. No Europe has its own underclass, but unlike ours they seek to dominate rather than equality. Crime is rising and generational welfare dependency are now European models. The French seem to be proposing a recyled hash of affirmative action.
Yes, the socialists are. And that's stupid. I agree with you there.
The real solution would be to lower the barriers to the formation of new businesses. Yet solutions do not come easy in a Socialistic mess that is common in Europe. Everyone except Jews and the dominant culture are victims and are expected to do nothing.
Whilst I agree with you that the barriers to the formation of new businesses need to be lowered in France in particular, and in Europe (excluding the UK) in general, I don't believe that that in itself will do much for the problem of Islamization. France, and other Western countries, including the US, need to take different measures to combat that problem. France is not alone in having rampant Islamization, you know; it's just that the process is a little more advanced there.
By the way, Beakerkin, I am not so sure that Sarkozy's ethnicity is going to hinder him that much. He was born in Paris of a French mother. Yes, his father was a Hungarian; but that doesn't seem to have hampered his progress much so far. So why should it now?
I seem to recall something like this being written about Chirac when he was first elected. Le plus ça change, le plus c'est la même chose.
And the problem with Sarkozy's ethnicity isn't that he's half Hungarian, it's that he's half Jewish, an unforgiveable sin in today's Europe.
TV Dog:
And the problem with Sarkozy's ethnicity isn't that he's half Hungarian, it's that he's half Jewish, an unforgiveable sin in today's Europe.
Ah hah! Thanks for this info. But still, it hasn't seemed to have stopped his ascent so far despite that.
Mark
I thought you were aware of Sarkozy's heritage. It will be a severe problem.
Capital formation, enterprise zones are part of the solutions to create more jobs. Job creation helps all without socialist engineering.
SpanishDiplomat, the thought occurs that the European Constitution could be a marvelous thing worth signing up to,..IF it enshrined the status quo and outlawed the possibility of Sharia ever being acceptable,, permanently!
Beakerkin:
I thought you were aware of Sarkozy's heritage. It will be a severe problem.
I should have been, but I'm afraid I wasn't. I think I did read a long time ago that he was a Jew. But such things don't matter to me in the slightest. They shouldn't matter to Europeans either.
I agree, it could be a severe problem for him in France. But I should hope that the French will be able to rise above it.
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