May 16, 2007

So Do US Right-Wingers Still Love Sarkozy?

One of the oddest bits of spin of the last month had to be the joy with which American "conservative" activists greeted the election of Nicolas Sarkozy as president of France. They clearly betrayed their lack of knowledge of French politics and/or Sarkozy by seeming to expect that he'd suddenly take up their foreign policy causes of the moment. And if any of them are still observing the scene over there, I can't wait to see what they make of his attempt to name Bernard Kouchner foreign minister. I think that should take the bloom of the Sarkozy rose (in their eyes) quite quickly. That said, from Sarkozy's perspective, I think it's a rather brilliant move.

Posted by armand at May 16, 2007 09:26 AM | TrackBack | Posted to International Affairs


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I think the show of affection is out of hope (perhaps ungrounded) that Sarkozy works to bring France and the US closer. One additional reason is that Sarkozy's rhetoric sounds more pro-market than Chirac and certainly more so than Royale. Democrat, republican, libertarian - it doesn't matter - I think most people want a positive relationship with Europe.

Posted by: disaffiliates at May 16, 2007 11:13 AM | PERMALINK
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