tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post7366898343420684466..comments2023-08-16T12:07:22.995+00:00Comments on The Daily (Maybe): Sarkozy victoryJim Jeppshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-35093859583976587122007-05-22T10:20:00.000+00:002007-05-22T10:20:00.000+00:00Sarkozy's first attacksAlthough naturally Sarkozy ...Sarkozy's first attacks<BR/><BR/>Although naturally Sarkozy is leaving major attacks until after the parliamentary elections (and being very "open" to some centre and even socialist politicians, the first attacks on on their way. Firstly, reductions in reimbursment of medical expenses (In France you normally pay then get the money back). Some medicines will have reduced reimbursement percentages.<BR/>Secondly "flexibilization of school catchment areas". Often at the moment a school takes everyone in the neighbourhood, conserving in this way a certain social mix (though richer or more cultured parents do sometimes find ways round this through fraud or lobbying. Sarkozy wants to abolish the catchment areas. "More choice for parents" means separate state schools for working class kids and for middle class kids, and the creation of sink schools for poorer areas. Up till now social mix had held up better than in other countries, and there was a policy of smaller classes in poorer areas. <BR/><BR/>Meanwhile for the parliamentary elections, the radical Left remains hopelessly divided. The PCF and in particular the LCR, despite grandiloquent appeals for unity, have refused almost everywhere to put up united candidacies of the radical Left, sometimes by inventing at the last moment new conditions for their allies. <BR/><BR/>John Mullen <BR/>http://www.johncmullen.netJohn Mullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04936937247932651511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-83583148389816229102007-05-09T14:32:00.000+00:002007-05-09T14:32:00.000+00:00I suspect on this occassion he's joking... but, pe...I suspect on this occassion he's joking... but, personally, I find the term jihad and interesting and complex one - if I were more informed I'd probably write a post on it - but Islam is a very polarised subject with dogmatists at every turn so I'm best steering clear before people start going about dozens of virgins and thatJim Jeppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-88702675138297397182007-05-09T14:04:00.000+00:002007-05-09T14:04:00.000+00:00Do you think 'Lenin' actually knows what 'jihad' m...Do you think 'Lenin' actually knows what 'jihad' means?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-28455423769347874922007-05-07T18:36:00.000+00:002007-05-07T18:36:00.000+00:00His untold impact is going to be his adverse effec...His untold impact is going to be his adverse effect in the fight for global warming. His push to "modernize" France is going to leave the environment in the dumps. Not that he can't throw enough crumbs or pay the proper lip service. He has already started to do that, but his cozy relationship with the U.S. is going to lead him straight out of the tough talk in the E.U. and straight into the soft business friendly jargon of the U.S. and it's massive oil industry.<BR/><BR/>Nice blog you have here. Check out mine sometime.Shaynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05594985783253150870noreply@blogger.com