Posted on 06/22/2006 11:29:51 AM PDT by Kitten Festival
Aircraft manufacturers regularly conduct stress testing of the vital components and systems of their new airplanes, to make certain they can withstand the forces that will come with actual use. Lately, the troubles of Airbus have been applying a stress test to French and EU politics, and the results have been ugly.
French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, the poetry-writing, Napoleon-loving dandy is Is showing signs of wear. He has staked a lot of political capital on state support of French big business threatened by international competition.
Tuesday, an uproar of “rare intensity” caused the presiding officer in the French parliament to temporarily suspend the session as Socialists question de Villepin about delays in delivery of the A 380 Superjumbo. The AP reported:
Left-wing lawmakers jumped from their chairs, booed and shouted ``resign, resign!’’ at Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin on Tuesday during a heated parliamentary debate over financial troubles at the parent company of Airbus.
Villepin lost his temper under questioning from Socialist Party leader Francois Hollande about European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co., which has seen its stock tumble after Airbus announced delays in its much-touted A380 superjumbo jet and questions surfaced about share selloffs by top executives.
``Mr. Hollande, I denounce your facile approach – and I will even say this looking you in the eyes – the cowardice in your attitude,’’ Villepin said. ``I’ll say it again: cowardice.’‘
A Reuters report noted the in-kind reponse:
“He’s mad,” Socialist grandee Henri Emmanuelli shouted.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Bush's revenge.
``Mr. Hollande, I denounce your facile approach – and I will even say this looking you in the eyes – the cowardice in your attitude,’’ Villepin said. ``I’ll say it again: cowardice.’‘
de vile pin IS nuts.
Sounds like the same people who built the aircraft Charles de Gaulle (deck too short to launch planes, propellor fell off, dangerous reactor, etc.) had a hand in the design of the 380...
correction- aircraft carrier, my bad...
Wait until the layoffs start..
Better to roil the politicians than the mechanics.
And don't mess with my Canard la Orange dish.
"Left-wing lawmakers jumped from their chairs, booed and shouted ``resign, resign!’’ at Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin on Tuesday during a heated parliamentary debate over financial troubles at the parent company of Airbus."
Hey liberal socialist Frenchies....you know the routine...just wildly howl about the 'injustices of USA global policies' and then pig-faced Hugo Chavez of Venezuela to the rescue in signing a huge purchase contract with Airbus to spite us in America....
Problem solved my dear Frogs courtesy of a USA capitalist conservative.
Maybe Chavez will fly in the first one flown over too.... As the wing falls off.... Killing two birds with one stone; not to bad eh? :-)
How sweet it is.
Ex-pats in Paris have been putting up with the Gaullist/Socialist/French anti-American c**p for a few years now. And now we can sit back and enjoy the show.
Man! This place is falling apart.
Eat the dish of revenge cold instead of hot, n'est-ce-pas?
Hahahahaha
Only in France could Chiraq and DeVilepan be considered conservatives.
All spellings were intentional.
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