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To: lorne who wrote (14295)	5/2/2002 11:34:18 AM
From: calgal	Respond to of 23908

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To: lorne who wrote (14295)	5/3/2002 10:20:48 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 23908

I'll get back to your post tomorrow. Gus

To: lorne who wrote (14295)	5/4/2002 5:16:17 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23908

Re: you support those who refuse to assimilate in their adopted countries.... I'm afraid you got the issue upside down... For it's not the so-called immigrants who must "adapt" to the European fabric but, rather, it's up to the Europeans to keep up with a globalized world... it's up to those xenophobic Europeans to cope with our brave new motley world... It's the Europeans who indeed must adapt to the world! Not the other way around. Now, getting back to France proper, the surprise runoff between J.-M. Le Pen and J. Chirac is not so much the outcome of the frustrated France profonde (deep France) as of the cunning ploy by the French ruling elite to instal a jingoistic administration to further French interests... France has been badly pushed around lately: in Europe first, where Germany is eager to scrap the Common Agricultural Policy and funnel the proceeds to Poland and other needy Eastern neighbors; next there's the succession for the ECB's top job. France's only candidate so far is J.-Cl. Trichet who risks find himself entangled in a politico-financial lawsuit (Credit Lyonnais). Then there's the inconvenience of a centre-right/left-ruled France isolated and squeezed between full-fledged rightwingers: Italy (Forza Italia, Alleanza Nazionale, Bossi), Spain (Partido Popolar/Jose Maria Aznar), and perhaps Germany (Stoiber). A France firmly set on the Right will better pull through in EU negotiations. On the broader picture, France's growing isolation was not lost on her political elite... It's clear that the US is favoring a closer relationship with Germany and Spain to counter/neuter France. From the war in Afghanistan to the Mideast crisis, French diplomacy has been rather hollow. Moreover, France can no longer count on her traditional ally Russia.... Finally, there's the economic picture: the US duties on imported steel, the US drive to open the EU to GECs (Genetically Engineered Crops), and the litigations that will likely arise between Airbus and Boeing... Now, tell me, Lorne, what do all the above issues have to do with disenfranchised immigrants, with Islam, with downtrodden North Africans who'll never make it to Airbus, the French agribusiness nor, for that matter, a mere farmstead? Gus