Posted on 11/15/2005 8:03:51 AM PST by Neo and the PC Matrix
AFTER 18 nights of mob rioting, French President Jacques Chirac delivered his first formal televised address to the nation, admitting that the republic is in the grip of a "serious malaise" and a "crisis of identity".
Flanked by the French and EU flags, Mr Chirac gave a US-style presidential speech amid widespread consternation at his relative silence during the worst case of civil unrest in a generation.
Calling on "sons and daughters of the republic" to remain true to their national values, he lamented the "poison" of racial discrimination and admonished irresponsible parents for failing to keep their children in line.
But in a blow to his centre-right government opponent, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, Mr Chirac pointedly rejected any change to France's rigid model of ethnic integration.
With its ideological attachment to blind equality and exclusive notions of "Frenchness", this "integration" model rejects multiculturalism and has perversely resulted in separatism and entrenched disadvantage. Statistics are not even collected on the ethnic origin of French citizens. "It is not a question of entering into the logic of quotas," he said.
What the rioting young people from the suburbs needed was not so-called positive discrimination but the same opportunities to find jobs, Mr Chirac said. "How many CVs are thrown in the waste paper basket just because of the name or the address of the applicant?" he asked.
Under the President's plan to revitalise the maligned suburbs and create more opportunities for young French people of migrant backgrounds, 50,000 civil service training jobs will be created.
However, Mr Chirac made no mention of France's profound economic crisis or how the Government could create the conditions to reduce the country's high unemployment...
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Whether Chirac is naive or stubbornly committed to political correctness makes no difference, the rest of the world can only sit back and learn from continued French fumbling. Ironically, the French are correct in their view that all multi-culturalism is bad for the country, however, they are now learning that Islamic culture is a virulent force in itself that cannot be neatly integrated anywhere.
Work for the government? What a riot. (No, not those riots.)
Sure, let's hire a few for the city so they can get the blueprints of public buildings and transportation.
Chirac's proposal is consistent with socialists' view of how jobs are created. Gosh, if it was this easy to create 50,000 jobs, why didn't he do it earlier?
One of the dumbest programs ever.
The Islamic Pandemic on French Soil !
I agree with theis "admonished irresponsible parents for failing to keep their children in line." All the socioeconomic analysis just doesn't stand the test, becaus eit is describing a minority of the minority.
Skills: Torching Cars, Conspiracy to Torch Cars, Running
France would rather the whole continent went up in smoke than admit the Anglos are right.
Chirac should give them his job...it's not like he is doing anything with it.
Nuclear power state owned or private? In any case Im sure thosands of CV's are pouring in now from crop-dusting and water treatment positions.
It's obvious what will fix this. Allow in a fresh batch of immigrants to do the job the children of immigrants already in France will not do. That'll fix it.
Jihadists come in all shapes.
50,000 good government jobs. Its the Wellstone solution.
France has known this all along, however Chirac is too yellow to say what the people are screaming. France wants immigration from muslim countries to end. They want to increase the demand for settlers to integrate into French culture. They want a government that addresses these issues. This will likely lead to an opportunity for a fascist politician to gain entry into mainstream French politics
The barn door has been open too long. The "disaffected, oppressed, minority yuouths" numbers are staggering, they comprise over 40% of the French population between the ages of 18-40, have created their own states within France and no "civil job fair" is going to change anything. The French are toast...
Could be. I read an article about a plan to offer financial incentives for French citizens to have a 3rd child. It occurred to me this might be an effort to stimulate population growth among their non-Muslim populous. Ofcourse, banning "morining-after pill" may be a cheaper.
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