Re: Regime Change in France?

On Friday 16 January 2004 11:21, Rob Kaper wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 10:30:39AM +0100, Guillaume Laurent wrote:
> > Not as far as I can tell, and frankly it sounds quite implausible. It's
> > very unlikely that any other french government would be more friendly
> > toward the US.
>
> Not all of France is anti-American,

Not anti-American, anti-Bush.

> so it could happen.

Not a chance. This is probably the only thing the whole political class, right 
or left wing, agrees on. Even in right-wing newspapers the current US admin 
has been criticized ever since it came to power. The support for the war has 
been almost inexistent, since it's always been viewed as a manipulation.

> Not everyone is pleased with the neo-communism in Europe. The growing
> Muslim immigrant population has established numbers where instead of
> supporting the neo-com liberals they are splitting the vote through the
> AEL. Possibly this is the chance for conservatives to gain a foothold in
> Europe again.

Hello, our current government *is* conservative. Not as extreme as in the US, 
but certainly not "neo-communist", and calling it that way would get you some 
strange looks over here.

There is a tendency toward "americanizing" things on the economical side 
(employment policies), yes, but there's no way we could ever have a 
government obeying to the Bush administration (or any US administration, for 
that matter).

-- 
				Guillaume
				http://www.telegraph-road.org

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