Just over a week from now, the first round of the Presidential elections is going to take place. Across the city, campaign posters impose themselves. News headlines, the chatter of people in the métro all seem to reflect that ’tis the season for political decision making. I am going to be following this all quite…
Category: Elections 2012
Présidentielle 2012
57 more days to go to the first round of the elections, and the ‘Présidentielle’ is delivering formidable testament to the good quality of political debate in France (and entratainment value). Older French people I know tend to disagree about the quality of political discourse. They say that there was an era when l’homme politique…
French elections – Gloves are off, except for Bayrou’s
So, Nicolas Sarkozy finally made his candidacy official last week and this weekend he delivered a set of statements that were clearly meant to have dramatic effect. Take his statement on gay marriage as an example. Not only was it something that troubled his conscience but legalising such an institution would compromise the values of…
French Election 2012: Rise of gay, right wing extremists?
One of the books out this past week is by author Didier Lestrade which tries to provide an explanation of why French gays increasingly prefer the right. He boils it down to a very few factors. For one, there is a shared antagonism and xenophobia targeted toward muslims who threaten the rights of gays to…
Hot Topic for the season: The Crises of Capitalism
Interesting little video on the hot topic of the moment, from a specific perspective but not too bad as food for thought. I’m not completely in agreement with all the points raised but the presentation captures some of the issues that are going to be the talk of the town for the next few months…
French elections 2012
So, last night the President fielded an interview on the economy ahead of an EU Summit today where the Eurozone economy is going to be the big elephant in the room under discussion. On his part, Sarkozy spelled out some potentially risky steps that he will take to buttress France from the continued effects of…
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