Fatoumata,
I agree with you. And I hope that we will be taking a closer look and not only following developments but also trying to influnece them towards a more positive and humane direction.
Thanks for the insights. We know the extreme importance of the French language as essence of their identity. The three dreadful paragraphs you’ve quoted are from his period as interior minister and he is known for his pronounced anti- Arab, negrophobist and anti –Semitic disposition. The papers say that these measures were designed to get Le Pens voters to swing to him although I find it hard to believe that his heart was not at all in it, when he authored such measures. Now that he is President will he persist in his villainy and transgressions of people’s Human Rights? And what about asylum seekers?
Sure France is a sovereign nation
Is this the way to solve the problems? XENOPHOBIA and RACISM, PURE AND SIMPLE. and absolutely unacceptable is my gut response. I will forward your mail to Prof Eidelberg - if you don’t mind and you could also do so if you would like to add to it or discuss it with him. This problem has to be approached by all human beings who are concerned with the rights and happiness of others. Opinion has to be raised against it.
Perhaps he will be talking about this on Arutz Sheva radio...........
The clauses that you quote on immigration read like a preamble to the Nuremberg Laws of Nazi Germany taking root in Modern France:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Nuremberg+Laws&meta=
Professor Eidelberg has a very Jewish pro- Israeli survival perspective on this and most if not all things and that is what is reflected in his very short commentary. I’m sure that he will get round to examining the broader picture in greater detail and I expect the EU to react. I expect the Arab and African countries (the Arab League and the Africa Union) from which émigrés depart to also protest, and that the UN and other such Human Rights bodies will able to stem this racist tide, which if allowed to go unchecked as policy in France, might sweep over the rest of what is taking shape as fortress Europe.
France has the largest Jewish population in (about 600,000) in Europe ( followed by the UK) and the steepest rise of anti-Semitism too – to the extent that there has been an increased Aliyah/ emigration from France to Israel – despite the sometimes unstable situation in Israel (Gaza, Lebanon, perhaps a new war this summer - and anything could happen with Iran at anytime.)
France also has a large and problematic Arab population of some 4 million facing (unemployment, racism, ghettoism, victimisation for merely being Arab or black.)
Of course we ought to stay on the alert about immigration and minority problems.
After all the problems, riots etc, I don't think that Sarkozy would like to stir the hornet's nest or provoke more riots , which I see as ineveitable if he goes on with this..... At the moment I know very little about all this, but we should be keeping an eye on what's happening in France. It affects and will affect all of us, whether int Senegal or Algeria.....
I’ll be forwarding this mail to Prof Eidelberg.
Later,
Cornelius
>
> From: Fatoumata <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2007/05/15 ti PM 01:24:36 CEST
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Ämne: Re: La FRance/Cornelius
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> Cornelius, I am sorry to say that Professor Paul Eideberg is not right on
> all counts in his arguments. I believe one has to follow closely the Sarkozy
> "project" for France from his position as minister of Interior prior to his
> becoming the President of the UMP to understand what he reserves for France.
> What has Prof Eidelberg to say about the following pronouncements
> paraphrased here:
>
> On immigration:
>
> "France cannot accept mixed couples (a French national and non-french
> national) bringing to france their espouses if these cannot speak French.
> They must first learn french in their countries until they master it before
> coming to France."
>
> "Blacks and Arabs are the main causes of all the disruptions in the
> surburbs."
>
> "The form of immigration to be encouraged now should be 'chosen'
> immigration" (this means only the intellectuals and the productive from the
> third word particularlt Africa must be given visas to come to France"
>
> This is the tip of the iceberg on Sarkozy's foreign policy. I believe Prof
> Eidelberg is very subjective in his information on Sarkozy.
>
> Fatoumata
>
>
>
>
> On 15/05/07, Cornelius Edward Hamelberg <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > http://www.foundation1.org/
> >
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