Posted on 07/18/2007 6:39:05 AM PDT by 3AngelaD
It's hard to say what is more remarkable -- that the French National Assembly was in session in mid-July at 1:30 on a Tuesday morning or that it approved an $18 billion tax cut plan that drastically reduces taxes on the rich and offers incentives for working more.
After decades of economic drift and political paralysis, France suddenly finds itself caught up in a whirlwind of economic reform, all of it generated by its hyperactive new president, Nicolas Sarkozy.
There he is lunching with student leaders at a local bistro to win their support for reform of the nation's under-funded and under-performing university system.
Here he is on the phone with Russia's President Vladimir Putin, sealing the deal for the French oil company, Total, for a 25 percent stake in the management of the giant Shtokman gas field.
Now he is in Toulouse, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, announcing a new governance structure for Airbus that puts a loyal French technocrat in charge.
And there's Sarko in Brussels, criticizing the European Central Bank for keeping the euro too high and demanding more leeway for France's ballooning budget deficit.
The joke going around is that while Sarkozy's arch-rival, former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, wrote a book on Napoleon, Sarkozy is Napoleon, reshaping the French economy according to his will and restoring it to its former glory.
Despite some similarities, Sarkozy isn't exactly France's answer to Ronald Reagan or Margaret Thatcher... At the same time, it would be wrong to assume that Sarkozy is merely a cynical politician who understands that the only way to push through economic reforms is to neutralize opponents with the occasional foray into protectionism or industrial policy. He is, at heart, an old-fashioned Gaullist...
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Cincinna, how do you say “ping” in French?
...that the French National Assembly was in session in mid-July at 1:30 on a Tuesday morning or that it approved an $18 billion tax cut plan that drastically reduces taxes on the rich and offers incentives for working more.
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See what GETTING RID OF SOCIALISM will do for a country. A copy of this should go to the DNC here....they will cower like the cockroaches they are.
“Despite the reporter’s attempt to paint him as same old, same old, it looks like France is moving forward.”
It seems surreal to me seeing Britain and France swap places like this. I hope France can find a way to send some troops to Iraq, we could sure use the help and the positive press.
Might be time to start buying French wine again here soon... ;-)
ah...watching the US & Ireland prosper
Good luck to the French as they try a different path.
Might be time to start buying French wine again here soon... ;-)
But why? In 2005, the New World (S. Africa, Argentina, Chile and the US) took prizes in all categories of wine in the Int’l. wine contest. In 2006, the US cleaned up leaving little room for even the others of the New World. I’d recommend that you familiarize yourself with the best.
I’d settle for the French keeping Africa in line and out of the Islamic terrorists.
What a breath of fresh air after dealing with that socialist america bahsing clown Chirac all these years.
Who would’ve thought...France’s political direction is more conservative than the USA’s?
Merci pour le Ping!
At heart Sarko is much more of a true Conservative than any of these MSM Lefties give him credit for.Or even understand for that matter.
He is also a brilliant politician and strategist, and as evidenced by everything he has said and done so far, someone who deeply loves his country, and believes they can do much, much, better.
BRAVO!
Thanks again for posting and the ping!
This really shows the importance of a leader with not only the right ideas, but the ability to communicate them... and get them put into action.
Unfortunately, too many folks only concentrate on “holding the right views” and forget how important communication and leadership skills are to making it happen.
Go... Monsieur le President!
the French National Assembly was in session in mid-July at 1:30 on a Tuesday morning... approved an $18 billion tax cut plan that drastically reduces taxes on the rich and offers incentives for working more... Nicolas Sarkozy... lunching with student leaders at a local bistro to win their support for reform of the nation's under-funded and under-performing university system... on the phone with Russia's President Vladimir Putin, sealing the deal for the French oil company, Total, for a 25 percent stake in the management of the giant Shtokman gas field... in Toulouse, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, announcing a new governance structure for Airbus that puts a loyal French technocrat in charge... in Brussels, criticizing the European Central Bank for keeping the euro too high and demanding more leeway for France's ballooning budget deficit... isn't exactly France's answer to Ronald Reagan or Margaret Thatcher... At the same time, it would be wrong to assume that Sarkozy is merely a cynical politician who understands that the only way to push through economic reforms is to neutralize opponents with the occasional foray into protectionism or industrial policy. He is, at heart, an old-fashioned Gaullist...Thanks Cincinna. This reads like a puff piece written by a partisan shill. But in a good way. :')
VERY well put!!!
He also wrote the formard to the book "Le Livre Noir de Saddam Hussein" which states that Saddam was responsible for killing 2 million people in 27 years.
It works out to 6,223 killed a month, ----for more than 27 years. Compare with the 1,000-1,500/ month some claim now, and draw your own conclusions.
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