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Re: The election heartquake in France by Michael de Socio 21 April 2002 23:53 UTC |
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I was shocked to read this morning that La Pen and Chirac will be facing off. This seems to be the general rightward trend, doesn't it? Bush Jr., Sharon, Berlusconi in Italy, Haider in Austria; Denmark recently went to the right as well. Bush's "war against terrorism," his war against the Other, especially Arabs and Muslims, must have played a large role in the resurgence of La Pen? (Incidentally, the last I heard, he was in prison and was barred from ever running in elections again. What happened?) But maybe not all is bad news: Jospin (center-left-liberal) lost because the far left received an astounding 10% of the vote. Perhaps we'll start to see a resurgence of the Left (and not the wimpy, laissez-faire Clinton-Blair variety, modelled, after all, on Reagan). michael de socio _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
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