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Re: The election heartquake in France by Alan Spector 22 April 2002 12:44 UTC |
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Boris brings up an interesting point here. It has been common for many in the past to assume that "Left wing governments equal nationalism and anti-US sentiments" while "Right wing governments equal pro-capitalism and closer ties with the capitalist USA." But Boris reminds us that right wing governments can also become very anti-USA. And the issue isn't just France.......how Russia will evolve is a particularly important question. Alan Spector ==================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Boris Stremlin" <bstremli@binghamton.edu> To: "Michael de Socio" <desoc001@hotmail.com> Cc: <Anne-Marie.Jeay@univ-nancy2.fr>; <wsn@csf.colorado.edu> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 12:21 AM Subject: Re: The election heartquake in France > 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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