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Nicolas Sarkozy, a modern Louis XVI?The French president's techniques to uncover the source of
rumours would not have been out of place in the ancien rgime
Nabila Ramdani
guardian.co.uk, Friday 9 April 2010 11.31 BST
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French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy. Photograph: Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty Images
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy sounded like an 18th-century first lady who lunches, when she
appeared live on French national radio to laugh off rumours about infidelity at the
lyse Palace. "Non," she purred, there was nothing in the silly claims. She had not
fallen for a hunky young pop singer called Benjamin Biolay and, "non", her husband,Nicolas Sarkozy, was not being comforted by a young minister-come-karate champion
called Chantal Jouanno. Moreover, there would be no possibility ofrevenge against the
disloyal underlings accused of spreading the gossip particularly former justice
minister Rachida Dati who, Carla added ominously, remained "our friend".
So that was that all sorted then?Pas du tout! Forgetting all the grim allusions to affairs
of state (or inter-ministerial "karaoke sessions" as one of Sarkozy's more entertaining
wives once described them), what the latest scandal teaches us is that the court of the
French head of state is as vindictive and cruel as it was in the days of Marie Antoinette
and her husband Louis XVI.
Within hours of Bruni-Sarkozy's devastating reference to Dati, the former head of the
DCRI, the Gallic version of MI5, appeared on another radio station to confirm that he
had been ordered to find and punish the blabbermouth. This was not long after Dati,
who is now an MEP, had been stripped of her chauffeur-driven car, three bodyguards
and even governmental smart phone.
The ever-relaxed Pierre Charron, the lyse aide responsible for Carla's publicity and a
member of a small phalanx of Sarkozy hardmen nicknamed "the firm", announced that
the "campaign of terror" would continue, adding: "We want those who tried to spread
fear to feel fear themselves." Charon even suggested that Dati might have been involved
in some kind of "organised plot" against the president, involving Anglo-Saxon
financiers.
You can blame the bankers for anything you like nowadays, but even the Socialists
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polishsupporter
9 April 2010 11:40AM
Will he end up getting his head cut off then?
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Damntheral
9 April 2010 11:40AM
I'm not sure who ever tipped Dati to become president. It is
certainly the first time I hear this. She is not a heavyweight.
Your conclusion is a bit hyperbolic. Mitterrand and Chirac both
abused their function massively and never had to answer for it. I
doubt Sarkozy will either.
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began feeling sorry for Dati, who not so long ago was being tipped to become France's
first female-conservative-single-mum-Muslim president. Meanwhile, two employees of
a website run by the Journal du Dimanche were ignominiously sacked for having posted
the original infidelity rumours, even though they had solely provided technical
assistance to the anonymous author.
Terror, indeed. The tone and ferocity of the presidential couple's vengeful campaign
hardly becomes a modern, democratic republic where everyone should be equal before
the law even the purveyors of unfounded web chat. The tools of the security state, and
especially its intelligence services, should not be placed at the hands of an increasingly
self-absorbed couple looking to punish their enemies. Sarkozy has an appalling record
in this respect, once even ordering a top level police hunt including DNA swipes for
a scooter which had been stolen from one of his sons.
Whatever the substance of rumours surrounding the president and Bruni-Sarkozy, you
can't help feeling that they are those of a country that is growing increasingly
dissatisfied with a leader whose desire for a high-profile, glamorous lifestyle is matched
only by his wife's. And look what happened the last time that happened.
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LtSlick
9 April 2010 11:42AM
what the latest scandal teaches us is that the court ofthe French head of state is as vindictive and cruel as it
was in the days of Marie Antoinette and her husband
Louis XVI.
Oh, I think it's much worse than that. The mighty nosed dwarf
has well and truely gone off the deep end. Napolean would be a
better comparison. And on the paranoia scale he's not far off
Hitler during the latter days of the fall of the Reich... I mean that
purely in the scale of the paranoia... not the actions in total.
He's mental and despite a potential to change aspects of France
to make it more viable, and stem the exodus of youngprofessionals to London and elsewhere, he focuses on some
random tabloid bullshit.
Credit to whoever it who does want him overthrown mind, they
certainly smacked the right nerve!
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GeorgeLloyd
9 April 2010 11:45AM
Louis XIV might have been the "sun king", but Sarkozy seems to
imagine that it shines out of his own ar$e... a dreadful case ofSMS, I fear.
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Koolio
9 April 2010 11:50AM
Plus ca change. The French President is effectively a monach,
only elected for a five year term. Mitterand bugged rivals, Chirac
enjoyed the brown envelopes andfonds secrets.
Until the French wake up and demand a better system of
government they will continue to get more of the same. You can'tplace such power in the hands of one individual. It attracts the
wrong people and even a saint would become corrupt. Sarkozy is
only a symptom, he is not the cause.
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Damntheral
9 April 2010 11:50AM
@Dubaliland
It's also better than catching scarlet fever, sucking on mothballs
or swallowing rat poison.
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PrimroseandBlue
9 April 2010 12:03PM
Nabila, it's not great, but is it less ethical than when Mitterrand
used to have Carole Bouquet bugged because he fancied her? I
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Battistan
9 April 2010 12:05PM
Shabby little Frenchman.
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ProfessorPlums
9 April 2010 12:25PM
The tools of the security state, and especially its
intelligence services, should not be placed at thehands of an increasingly self-absorbed couple looking
to punish their enemies.
Surely this is simply a perk of the job, non?
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MiddleEnglandLefty
9 April 2010 12:36PM
Duballiland
9 Apr 2010, 11:40AM
It's better than Gordon Brown's method of firingstationary and mobile phones around while
threatening people.
Indeed better than Chavez's method of using the state
media to lambast weekly anyone who opposes him.
...and its infinitely better than Castro and the other
Cuban dictatorial staff who just lock up those who
threaten them.
We have an election here in Britain with a real choice
to make, the French had there's and choose well.
Labour is Gordon Brown, who yesterday said he, if
elected (God forbid), would serve another five years
as Prime Minister. If that isn't the shortest suicide
note in history, then Micheal Foot's 1983 manifesto
was not the longest.
What rank hypocrisy, if this was a story about the Browns you'd
be howling your outrage but you can't see past your partisan
ranting.
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Carla Bruni has been much loved around the world - especially
by short, money-obsessed control freaks of a certain age and heel
size........Le Monde made it clear that she called for revenge
following the infidelity rumours, yet she appeared on TV in her
usual creepy manner pretending that all was sweetness and light.
Her awful songs are full of nauseating double speak too (so I'm
told).
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9 April 2010 12:41PM
I'm having trouble caring what either of this slimy pair do.... they
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ukguyinfrance
9 April 2010 12:53PM
The French do not detest Carla Bruni, they are jealous of her in
the most petty and vincictive way possible. Any woman in the
public eye here is reviled if she got there by herself (Dati did not
get herself where she was, remember, she was parachuted into
the government), there are less women in the French parliamentthan in most other western countries, and machism is rife.
The French are fed up with Sarkozy, true, but you need to
understand that they are fed up with EVERYTHING AND
EVERYBODY right now. The country is going through a severe
identity crisis, notably due to the realisation that France is not
the influential country it used to be. Their knee-jerk anti Anglo-
Saxonism isn't helping either because they have painted
themselves into a corner with it.
Concerning this particular "scandal", Sarkozy loused up big time.
By initiating an investigation (which is no longer in doubt) hegave the issue much more press coverage than it would otherwise
have got.
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9 April 2010 12:55PM
Wonderfully Waugh-esque piece of writing. Congratulations!
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"Dati, who not so long ago was being tipped to become France's
irst female-conservative-single-mum-Muslim president. "
in your dreams?
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9 April 2010 1:02PM
kizbot
That's because you don't live in a country currently managed by
one of them... Being as I am unequivocally tied to the French
(well one) I can safely say that given what is in France we could
do without this megolmaniac short arse going off the deep end.
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lazymindsdislike
9 April 2010 1:13PM
Dati appears more to me as someone who had a disastrous
impact as minister of justice.
I wished more articles in the Guardian about REAL political
issues than about celebrity talk.
Maybe even reading about work fights&strikes in neoliberal
superficial Britain, would be interesting.Is it truly so social
"quiet" on the Island?
Only distract from reality hip fashion&glamour noises or whom
do I vote for from in this 3 colour, same abuse party?
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pretzelberg9 April 2010 1:19PM
Charon even suggested that Dati might have been
involved in some kind of "organised plot" against the
president, involving Anglo-Saxon financiers.
Oh, please - perfidious Albion again?
Otherwise, I assume the author made her choice of historical
precedent with Bruni in mind - but surely Nicky boy's more
reminiscent of LouisXIV?
And what has happened to Bruni? That pic of her above remindsme of David Hasselhoff.
Yes -when he's plastered.
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9 April 2010 1:21PM
Forgetting all the grim allusions to affairs of state (or
inter-ministerial "karaoke sessions" as one of
Sarkozy's more entertaining wives once described
them)
Was that Bruni-Sarkozy, who said that then?? Not sure I
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understand that bit, but otherwise an interesting an amusing
article.
I think his behaviour as President is symptomatic of the system,
as someone says above. Comparisons with Louis XVI seem a
little far-fetched though.
lazymindsdislike
9 April 2010 1:26PM
I guess the article writer knows "everything" about Louis XVI
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ukguyinfrance
9 April 2010 1:40PM
Hello Pretzelberg
"Oh, please - perfidious Albion again?"
Of course! It's always our fault. Except, that is, when it's the
Americans' fault.
It's all gotten completely unreal, if not downright unhealthy. For
example, how could anything or anyone rational explain the fact
that at the same time the French consistently blame their
financial woes mainly on the euro (around 70% in polls) they
never stop asking me personally, or the UK in press articles, why
Britain did not adopt the euro as they "should have done"!!
I mean, I love France, but the inconsistencies of life here arequite amusing. To their credit though, they recognise the
phenomena themselves and often talk about the "Paradoxe
franais." Another good example is the incompatibility of the
mission of the "rayonnement de la culture franaise" which is
supposed to spread French culture around the world as a gog-
given assignment, with the "Exception culturelle franaise"
which means amongst other things that they slap limiting quotas
on the amount of foreign (read Anglo-Saxon) music that can be
played on their radio stations.
As I say though, gotta love 'em! :)
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zombus
9 April 2010 2:27PM
Look, we all know Sarkozy's mad. But it's a Tom Sharpe-type
madness that he exhibits, completely overt and obvious. It's far
more healthy for everyone than the veiled, clandestine, quite
appalling career of entitlement lived out by that sinister bugger
Chirac behind whatever conventional front was expected of him.
It seems that, democratic or no, the French system allows its
Presidents to do literally what they want to an extent notavailable to British premiers or royals, and Sarkozy, carrying on
like a mad little Greek godlet, is quite intoxicated by this and
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can't take it. I love the little man. Like, again, your standard Tom
Sharpe anti-hero, he just doesn't know the code. But the code
itself strikes one as fairly ridiculous and worth being sent up.
But I don't think Dati is going to end up in the Seine. Not at
Sarkozy's request, anyway. What loose cannons and rogue
elements in the security services might get up to is another
matter. These also seem to an enjoy a remarkable freedom to do
whatever they like.
Damntheral
9 April 2010 2:32PM
@ukguyinfrance
This "exception" business is fascinating.
The expression was originally "cultural exception" and it was
forged at the time of negotiations on the now defunct General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trades. It had no chauvinisticconnotations: what it meant was that culture is an exceptional
sector which should not be left entirely at the mercy of market
forces. But a lot of the actors and singers and other witless artists
who were wheeled out by their respective industries to campaign
on this completely misunderstood its meaning and thought it
meant not that culture is an exceptional sector which must be
preserved but rather that France is an exceptionally cultured
country which musn't be corrupted by the barbarians. So it
gradually became "French cultural exception". A few years ago
the dimwit J-M Messier, then head of Vivendi Universal,
announced gravely that the "French exception" was over and thisprompted a lengthy nationwide of exactly what constitutes the
"French exception", with few seeming to notice that he had
pretty much forged the term at the same time he announced its
demise.
It's all pretty weird to me because when I lived in France (until
1994) it wasn't a chauvinistic country at all, but it's gradually
changed. Part of it came from this GATT campaign, part of it
from the late 90s football victories, but a lot of it seems to stem
from paranoia. I have no idea what the "anglo-saxon model" the
French keep going on about it. They seem to think that the UKand US are identical societies to start with.
The radio quotas are a much older business, they date back from
the 80s. Amusingly they can probably be credited for the success
of mostly instrumental acts like Daft Punk, Air etc...
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9 April 2010 2:36PM
*a lengthy nationwide debate of exactly what ...
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dornadair
9 April 2010 2:38PM
@Duballiland
Well done in managing to shoe-horn a criticism of Gordon
Brown into a completely unrelated article.
Give me strength
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Galatzy
9 April 2010 2:40PM
Heyukguyinfrance
As a Belgian currently living in the south east of France, I don't
remember of anyone talking of "Paradoxe franais" or worse
"Exception culturelle franaise". It does sound more than
something of the nineties we must link with Jacques Toubon
(former minister, fortunately out of race) and Maurice Druon
(former member of theAcadmie Franaise, fortunately dead).
Ask any of the 20-35 years old generation, they don't give a
damn about a possible "Exception culturelle franaise", they are
proud of their culture, that's all.
Nabila Ramdani
The French president's techniques to uncover the
source of rumours would not have been out of place
in the ancien rgime
As somebody points it out earlier, just take in consideration the
both former presidents Mitterrand and Chirac instead ofthinking your dreams will be soon realized with a Sarkozy/Louis
XVI beheaded.
To become a real king of the ancien rgime, Sarkozy should have
done what Mohammed VI did recently in Morocco, suspend any
newspapers or websites saying something bad of him or more
surprising just proposing a poll about his popularity among his
fellows subjects.
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steena
9 April 2010 2:44PM
When you elect a bling bling in-your-face President you have to
put up with this stuff - my french friends tell me they don't care
about the private lives of public people.... so why was this the
number one topic of conversation this morning at the machine
caf?
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9 April 2010 2:56PM
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No it didn't.
SarahGY
9 April 2010 3:08PM
ukguyinfrance
9 Apr 2010, 1:40PM
"Of course! It's always our fault. Except, that is, when it's the
Americans' fault. "
Maybe you don't live in France, or have a very stereotyping view
of things. Noone here has ever accused "the British" or the
"Americans" of the "anglo-saxons" to have something to do in
this rumors. I read this only in the British press.
About Carla Bruni: there is no hate or jealousy, she is just a very
easy target for the jokes and she is a bargain for the humorists
Another point: People in France could not care less about "the
political influence of France". It is never discussed in the press,
in the debates, during the political campaigns. I think people seetheir country as significant at a european level, and small in the
world stage. From a foreigner point of view, coming from a
country, Belgium, which is small and has no power, it feels like
France and GB are both former world powers, who now have a
diminished role, but the difference is that the French have been
long aware of that, whereas the British just begin to realize it.
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Keo2008
9 April 2010 3:11PM
Louis XVI and his wife had many bad features, but they did notdo "vindictive and cruel".
On the contrary, there are many historians who believe he could
have avoided or survived the Revolution had he been more
ruthless and vindictive.
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Clevo
9 April 2010 3:17PM
At least the French Republic has a written constitution, to which
people can legally refer if the persident appears to exceed hispowers. So far, no legal challenge.
And he's doing all this without an eminence grise behind the
curtain, whether of Cardinal status or gentleman politician.
In our super democracy,if Blair takes decisions by using powers
originally belonging to Charles the First who fell into dispute,
then we cannot throw stones at anyone.
People my age rmember living under de Gaulle. Now
that's another story.
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Yes, mademoiselle, we have seen the "Le Monde" article too.
And yes, he's perfectly justified to go and try to unmask the
sleazy rumour mongers so indicative of this here 24/7 Tw*tter
PopBitch TMZ 3 a.m. gossip culcha.
What is this, "The S*n"?!!!
Long soupir...
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9 April 2010 3:29PM
Exhibit A:
"Whatever the substance of rumours surrounding the president
and Bruni-Sarkozy" -what is this supposed to mean, miss?
For the record, I detest the man but that is not the point, the
point is: let's rehash pathetic, baseless, obviously sexual rumours
as the US republicans do, whip up them up in an anti-Sarkozy -
sorry, anti-"Sarko"- cheap shot, drop some pop-history
references, mix them with unrelated news items and sound oh soclever, chic and "bobo".
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9 April 2010 3:33PM
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9 April 2010 3:34PM
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AFColonel
9 April 2010 3:51PM
France always has been a Police State, so nothing in this story
surprises me. The big surprise was that Sarkkozy was elected in
the first place.
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ukguyinfrance
9 April 2010 4:00PM
SarahGY
"Noone here has ever accused "the British" or the
"Americans" of the "anglo-saxons" to have something
to do in this rumors. I read this only in the British
press."
Oh really? Do you imagine I made it all up? How about if youread the French press then?http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-
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actu/2010/04/09/97001-20100409FILWWW00461-
rumeurssarkozy-biolay-assigne-france-24.php" rel="nofollow">
"La chane avait voqu des articles de la presse britannique
faisant tat d'"une msentente" entre le chef de l'Etat et son
pouse."
Same for Carla Bruni. Have you forgotten the "We too get f*****
by the President" chant by demonstrators that has become a
byline?
As for French influence, there are tens of books available on the
subject, many of which were written by politicians. And
Sarkozy's failed Copenhagen initiative? Don't you remember the
soul-searching that went on afterwards? I am not sure you read
the French press or listen to French opinion.
Whatever, I did make it clear that my comment was made in a
light-hearted vein. Mind you, some people can't take criticism of
any sort I suppose.
"Of course! It's always our fault. Except, that is, when it's theAmericans' fault. "
Maybe you don't live in France, or have a very stereotyping view
of things. Noone here has ever accused "the British" or the
"Americans" of the "anglo-saxons" to have something to do in
this rumors. I read this only in the British press.
About Carla Bruni: there is no hate or jealousy, she is just a very
easy target for the jokes and she is a bargain for the humorists
Another point: People in France could not care less about "the
political influence of France". It is never discussed in the press,
in the debates, during the political campaigns. I think people see
their country as significant at a european level, and small in theworld stage. From a foreigner point of view, coming from a
country, Belgium, which is small and has no power, it feels like
France and GB are both former world powers, who now have a
diminished role, but the difference is that the French have been
long aware of that, whereas the British just begin to realize it.
maroule71
9 April 2010 4:08PM
"Dati, who not so long ago was being tipped to become France's
irst female-conservative-single-mum-Muslim president. "
Nabila, now you are totally making that up... I have never heard
or seen in any way shape or form any reference to it, anywhere...
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9 April 2010 4:12PM
Hi Galatzy,
So you haven't heard anyone talk about the Paradoxe Franais?
Well try this then. It's on the paradox of French immigrationpolicy. There are lots of others, from food to concentration
camps. All written by French people. There is a lot about the
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paradox (as some see it) between the apparent incompatibility
between Libert and galit too. That one's been around for ever.
Even Chateaubriand wrote about it!
You don't hear anything about the exception culturelle franaise?
Here's Wikipedia's FRENCH page version and there are literally
hundreds of entries on Google. Do you have all evening lol?
C'mon. As I said to SarahGY, I didn't make this up you know! :)
Damntheral
9 April 2010 4:18PM
SarahGY has a point. Nabila Ramdani wrote:
Charon even suggested that Dati might have been
involved in some kind of "organised plot" against the
president, involving Anglo-Saxon financiers.
I just looked the quote up carefully (it's from Rue 89), and
Ramdani seems to have added the "anglo-saxon" bit!Charon said:
Pour que la peur change de camp, il fallait qu'il y ait
une procdure judiciaire. Maintenant, on va voir s'il
n'y a pas une espce de complot organis, avec des
mouvements financiers, pourquoi pas?
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9 April 2010 4:18PM
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FelixKrull
9 April 2010 4:44PM
@Keo2008
Agree completely. The problem with Louis XVI's court was that
they were snubbed by both the king and his wife and that money
and power flowed to a bevvy of fortune hunters and con men.They were both beautiful persons, but neither of them were ruler
material. Louis could be excused, cretin that he was and raised at
Louis XV's court, but Marie Antoinette was a Habsburger, by all
account a smart girl and her formidable mother did everything
she could to advise her. To no avail. It never seemed to dawn on
her what responsibilities her position entailed. Marie Antoinette
could've been the most powerful and most loved French queen
ever, but she blew it monumentally.
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ukguyinfrance
-It is not an accusation ! It is an observation, yes, the first articles
about Carla Bruni's supposed affairs were written in the British
press. No one here "accused" the British(and let alone the
"anglo-saxons"!), no one said it was a "british plot", the article
you quoted just said the British press was the first...
-""We too get f***** by the President" " ? I never heard that, but,
again, it is not jealousy or hate, it is a joke, as I said she is a veryeasy target for that, with her past, her attitude ... Do you really
think women in France seriously envy her and are "jealous"?
Mind you some people can do irony ;)
-As for French influence, if some books have been written, about
that, it is not an important concern for the peopele. It is maybe,
like in any country, a subject of books, or essays, in a certain
circle (political analysts, journalists, professor etc) but certainly
not among the people. It is never discussed during the national
campaign, because people are not interested... After
Copenhagen, the polemic in France was about the "taxecarbonne": a purely national matter...
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9 April 2010 4:57PM
Hi SarahGY,
Oh, the taxe carbone. What a mess huh lol?! I hope they salvage
it somehow. As for Carla, as one good editorial I read said (here
on the Guardian I think), if the French don't want her, they can
send her to us lol!! I find her elegant and conscientious. Oh, andhave you seen her website? Pretty cool! Much better than Sgo's
horrible Windows wallpaper effort! :) Besides, all this could be
past history soon. Have you read the rumours (yip, them again)
that say she is trying to persuade Nico not to run for prez in
2012?
Now THAT would be news!!
:)
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9 April 2010 4:59PM
Minable? Moi!
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Galatzy
9 April 2010 5:00PM
ukguyinfrance
Nice article dealing with immigration you gave me. But I do
remember that Belgium, Italy, Spain and others have to deal
with that topic too. Even Britain in a way. So I cannot see that as
a specific French paradox.
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Libert, galit, Fraternit is only an old fashioned motto from
their revolution, If you think that the French really believe in
that, well I'm deeply sorry for you.
It's like to ask me about the motto of my country, Belgium
Strength Through Unity, that's a higher paradox than the one
you want to point out with France.
Looking at the French wiki article you gave me :1- tagged lacking of references,
2- the article is obviously unfinished,
3- have you looked into the discussion section cos it's damn
interesting.
4- finally, French wikipedia is a known mess.
Of course, I did hear about exception culturelle franaise but not
anymore as that was one hype of the nineties being related with
the perpetual decline of French culture. Look at the wiki article
you gave, only two guys trying to deal with in three years...
Amazing !
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9 April 2010 5:01PM
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FelixKrull
9 April 2010 5:08PM
@ukguyinFranceWhy would you want a celebrity whore like Bruni?
It has been claimed that Bruni was involved with Louis
Bertignac, Mick Jagger (Jagger's wife acknowledged his affair
with Bruni was a reason for their separation), Eric Clapton,
Los Carax, Charles Berling, Arno Klarsfeld, Vincent Perez[21]
and former French Prime Minister Laurent Fabius.[22][23] She
has said she is easily "bored with monogamy", and that "love
lasts a long time, but burning desire ? two to three weeks".[23]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Bruni-
Sarkozy#Relationships
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