Dear All
Oui, oui mes braves, it is le terrible.
The President Sarkozy has attacked Britain for being a country with 'no industry'.
He has a problem, the French are in an election cycle and that means his neck is on the line, and things don’t look ‘le bon’.
Non, non, non, his French derriere is in a ringer!!!
This sneering by Sarkozy is a sign of desperation to try and generate some interest that Sarkozy is a fighter for France.
But does attacking Britain for being a country with 'no industry' really help his cause?
I would say non!
Tensions between France and Britain have soured lately because of the Euro crisis with Sarkozy playing a key role along with Merkel of Germany in leading the ‘recovery.
Translated more money into the black hole!
David Cameron isn’t impressed and during a recent summit, the two were hugging and kissing for the cameras.
Sarkozy famously refused to shake David Cameron's hand after he vetoed the proposed EU treaty changes.
The ‘war’ or as the French say ‘Le Guerre’ is still running, Sarkozy is facing his downfall as the French are sick of austerity and poor leadership.
And with Sarkozy expressing his dislike of his cross-Channel neighbours, it takes the shine off statesmanship.
And in October at an EU-27 summit, after criticism from UK ministers over the euro, Mr Sarkozy bluntly told Mr Cameron:
“You have lost a good opportunity to shut up.”
He added:
“We are sick of you criticising us and telling us what to do. You say you hate the euro and now you want to interfere in our meetings.”
And chucking in a bit of scandalous talk he said:
“Perhaps the fact that you come from an island; you can't understand the subtleties of the European construction.”
Oh dear!
The end for Sarkozy looks possible, people have a shelf life when they ‘go off’ with the public; it is only a matter of time before Sarkozy gets the heave oh by the French people.
At that point; the word, ‘merde’ which figure in his mind!
Vie La France, down with the dictator Sarkozy!
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
France has been busily buying up UK industry ( Nuclear power infrastructure etc) under EU rules.
ReplyDeleteRules that France won't reciprocate as there's no chance of the EU forcing them to.
More fool us I suppose. But Dave and his cronies are as europhile as Sarkozy and know it's all electioneering by Sarkozy.
He is right that England basically was as equally de-industrialised by Thatcher as Scotland but North Sea Oil, despite the royalties being siphoned off to Westminster, has permitted some substantial service and supply industries to flourish.
ReplyDeleteSo Scotland is possibly in a better state than England but Sarko falls for the old England is Britain line.
A propos Sarko and his Presidential Election this year in April/May, I live in France and the people I know active in politics think he could come out 3rd in the first round and be eliminated. The North seems to be moving towards Marine le Pen whilst the South will back Hollande.
Hollande will win.