rhinoishere–
Yeah, Sarkozy’s a real “reformer”, a real “shot in the arm”. The French people have voted for “change”. Whatever. The dude’s been in the French government forever, for quite a long time as the most powerful domestic politician, so I’m not sure what to say about the narrative about “change”. When a country votes for the incumbent party, this is a little unusual, to say the least. Even more unusual when he’s basically the chosen successor to the incumbent. Wouldn’t it make more sense to say the French were looking for “more of the same” and a Royal victory would have been the mandate for “change”??
Even more surpring is the idea that this vote was about “economic reforms”. Read Sarkozy’s own platform. So this great thatcheresque figures main economic policy is….wait for it…wait for it…to allow for tax-free overtime! Explain to me exactly how people who voted for THIS voted for anything like what you seem to be suggesting (basically, the same old stuff, turn France into the USA, blah, blah).
The sad truth is that it was Sarkozy’s law and order bullshit that probably won the day for him, and he knows it.
