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Re: The election heartquake in France by Boris Stremlin 22 April 2002 05:21 UTC |
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Anne-Marie, I wouldn't be too hasty about moving to the US: Chirac will almost definitely win the runoff, and in a recent story covering the French elections, the New York Times observed that the "right-wing" Chirac is well to the left of - Al Gore! We're not exactly the same planet here... However, Michael is correct to note a general rightward shift in Europe. Thus, I repose a question I asked here several months ago - what does a rightward shift in Europe mean for the relationship between Europe and the US (and for future of EU integration). On Sun, 21 Apr 2002, Michael de Socio wrote: > 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 > > -- Boris Stremlin bstremli@binghamton.edu
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