[TheForceOfOne]

Also, Germany has a new Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is replacing anti-American Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in the latest German elections.

She is also the leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Party, which is traditionally pro-American.

In France, anti-American Chirac is on his way out too, lets hope for similar results.

[nicmarlo]

In France, anti-American Chirac is on his way out too, lets hope for similar results.

I will adamantly pray this will be so. Chirac is a very bad and corrupt man.

[ZULU]

I hope Jaques Zerat goes and have high hopes for Merkel.

We'll have to see how this plays out.