[Cincinna]

Mr Fillon has made it clear he intends to run for president in 2017. But he may yet face the return of Mr Sarkozy, who has hinted he could run if he feels a "moral" imperative to do so.

A recent IFOP opinion poll said that two-thirds of UMP supporters hoped Mr Sarkozy would make a comeback and run for the presidency in 2017.

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[Cicero]

I’m afraid my take on the French since de Gaulle left the scene is that from time to time they get tired of Communists and socialists and vote them out, but that the conservatives who replace them have almost always been afraid to DO anything.

Much like the RINOs in the U.S.

The current Communist in Charge is a nutball, but I don’t see much hope that his replacement will do much to really undo the underlying damage. Sarkozy talked a good fight before he first came into power, but again he didn’t do much, notably against the Muslim threat.

Maybe Cope might be different, but the precedents make that pretty doubtful, IMHO. Undoing a cradle-to-death entitlement system isn’s easy.

[GeronL]

“right” is Europe means something very different than it does here.