Posted on 04/24/2007 3:51:42 PM PDT by Kitten Festival
Elections: It's too soon to call the winner of France's presidential election, even with conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy taking a big lead in Sunday's first round of voting. But there are plenty of reasons for optimism.
France's unpredictable voters gave Sarkozy a 31% to 26% victory over his nearest challenger, socialist-lite Segolene Royal.
No matter who wins now, that verdict represents a mandate for energizing France's economy, which has been stagnant for more than a decade. French economic growth, averaging a mere 2.3% since 1997, and unemployment at near 10% for much of that time, both show how France has squandered its opportunities in recent years. It should be an economic lion, but has performed like a lamb.
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This is why France fails.
Muslims...there’s the reason that this writer dare not say.
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