samedi 21 avril 2012

France et élection présidentielle 2012: regard du New York Times

Caricature de Sam Island 

 A-t-on abordé le ou les bon(s) thème(s) pendant la campagne? A-t-on sérieusement abordé la crise économique? Une vision américaine de la course.

 "FROM the subject of halal meat to the matter of driver’s licenses, the French presidential campaign that culminates in voting on Sunday has been marked by peripheral squabbles and endless invective among the 10 candidates. But few things have been said about the gravity of the French economic crisis: the deficits in France’s public accounts and balance of payments; its drop in competitiveness; its decline in international commerce; its apathetic growth.

 Nor have we heard much about the threat of increased unemployment and reduced purchasing power from the austerity measures that the markets expect any president to take — right after the election, of course. As for civil war in Syria, the perilous transitions in Arab countries, Al Qaeda’s progress in the Sahel, or Iran’s nuclear program, the candidates have behaved as if nothing were the matter — as if France were tacitly abandoning all influence abroad.

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  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/21/opinion/voting-for-yesterday-in-france.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120421

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