Sunday, November 28, 2004
Goodness, has it been two weeks? Don't say you weren't warned.
One notable bit of news from overseas: Nicolas Sarkozy has seized the reigns of the governing party in France. Sarkozy is the next big thing in French politics - an extremely popular right-of-center politician who gathered acclaim from his management of the Interior Ministry before being shifted over to finance. Jacques Chirac loathes him - and that is reason enough to like the guy.
Sarkozy, as you might notice, is not a French name. His family emigrated from Hungary, but he still observes a connection to his ancestral land. Should he win the presidency – which he is expected to try for in 2007 – expect a less chauvinistic French foreign policy. I don't know how Sarkozy stands on the question of trans-Atlantic relations, but one shouldn't expect him to adopt his predecessor's tactic of bullying Eastern Europe. Odds are that his ascent will be good for France and for America as well.
One notable bit of news from overseas: Nicolas Sarkozy has seized the reigns of the governing party in France. Sarkozy is the next big thing in French politics - an extremely popular right-of-center politician who gathered acclaim from his management of the Interior Ministry before being shifted over to finance. Jacques Chirac loathes him - and that is reason enough to like the guy.
Sarkozy, as you might notice, is not a French name. His family emigrated from Hungary, but he still observes a connection to his ancestral land. Should he win the presidency – which he is expected to try for in 2007 – expect a less chauvinistic French foreign policy. I don't know how Sarkozy stands on the question of trans-Atlantic relations, but one shouldn't expect him to adopt his predecessor's tactic of bullying Eastern Europe. Odds are that his ascent will be good for France and for America as well.
