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To: akmike who wrote (42515)	5/2/2002 4:23:39 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

It is not anymore about LePen losing the elections it is about how big a margin, the French intelligence is reporting that he may get 30% of the vote or near about that would be very damning for Europe. They were dead right on predictions of the first round. How you will feel if KKK leaders appear on national scene and may appear to take 30% of the votes, for any nations demagogues and xenophobes appear at a start of a crisis point, like Fascists in Italy and Nazis in Germany. However, sad it is to see that their seem to me no crisis point within French political structure with the exception of immigrants who are involved in menial jobs anyway which French with 35 hours of week will not do with great pleasures. A germ had been planted and this new extremism will die its own natural death but it will take a lot of doing by egalitarian conscious French. Jospin lost because of the traditional infighting of the left that is more philosophical than material. This time philosophical intercourses between fractured left took a big toll with exit of Jospin in the first round but rise of Le Pen was not expected, his prominence and very special slogan France for French will attract more people. It is economy and welfare that is at the heart of this election, by dividing a cake amongst fewer mouths Le pen thinks everyone will prosper but he fails to observe that the size of cake will drop much faster. If France closes its minds and close its borders, it may be a sound decision but n close countries have survived, North Korea and Russia or China all have one urgings the help of international community to progress. The French farmers through EU programmes are most protected the subsidies are huge, mountains of butter and wine are thrown just to keep price higher and to protect 35 farmers from Global competition but they want more, more closure more prices and more subsidies, if protectionism and closures may help economy grow USSR should have been them master of the world.