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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

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----- 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
> >
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> --
> Boris Stremlin
> bstremli@binghamton.edu
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