It's not only a questiuon for Francophone Africa.
I heard someone say on Dateline London that no one knows how Gordon Brown 
will be.


A Breath of Fresh Air from France

Prof. Paul Eidelberg

The election of Nocolas Sarkozy as president of France is a breath of fresh 
air.  His center-right UMP (Union for a Popular Movement) may be just what 
France needs to overcome its present malaise.

Sarkozy maintains that France’s political elites have failed their country by 
refusing to face reality and to institute necessary forms.  He advocates a 
return to more traditional values.  He rejects cultural relativism and 
multiculturalism, and he favors a more restrictive immigration policy, but one 
that does not preclude integration.  Contrary to the socialist principle, he 
advocates school choice and recommends dispersing immigrant children 
throughout 
the school system.

Sarkozy, one of whose grandfathers is Jewish, has been called “L’Americain.”  
He not only wants to heal the breach between the United States and France, 
but 
also to restore something like the “work ethic” which has been eroded by the 
welfare state.  His economic program has been identified with the names of 
Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher! 

Sarkozy also wants to draw closer to Israel—a radical departure from French 
foreign policy.  

Perhaps even more revolutionary, Sarcozy favors a presidential system of 
government in which the parliament would acquire stronger oversight powers 
to 
hold the more powerful presidency accountable (something the present writer 
has 
long advocated for Israel)    This means that Sarkozy prefers compromise 
between the executive and the parliament rather than party government. 

Like Ronald Reagan, Sarkozy refuses to acquiesce in his country’s decline¬—a 
breath of fresh air from France.    

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