The French are such a paradox. They love their culture, but really despise their own nation and people. They have always been like a 13 year old girl who cannot stop self harming for some deep psychological reason.
Sad to see it as France is one of the world’s greatest nations historically, artistically, scientifically, intellectually – but still always wishes to politically self harm. They love their Great French Culture, but at the same time want to replace it with the lowest of foreign ways. They have given up having children like all the Europeans, and think it fine to import child bearing foreigners from outlandish places to have their children for them. They are like the DODO birds welcoming another sailing boat landing to re-victual.
Young versus old. The old remember La Gloire, the glory that was France. The young have a vision of France in the future. In the middle you have confusion.
Pretty much the same as everywhere else.
It gives me no pleasure to point out that the very same could be said about Great Britain and many other European nations.
Katharine Eyre
2 years ago
“..the declaration that he wanted to “emmerder” (piss off) the 8% of non-vaccinated French — were intended (at least in part) to widen the splits in the traditional centre Right.” Fair enough if you want to push a pro-vaccination policy (I agree) – but then make that argument on a stand-alone basis. Mixing public health policy up with other ulterior motives is terrible behaviour and Macron indulges in it repeatedly.
Jerry Jay Carroll
2 years ago
Islam must breath a sign of relief at this. Nothing will happen about immigration, things will go on as before.
And before you know it, the indigenous French will be a minority and their culture will not last long either.
Martin Bollis
2 years ago
I don’t like what I’ve seen of Macron and disagree with, particularly, his handling of the pandemic, but he seems to be one of the few politicians in Europe with some strategic vision.
Given the new German administration seems to be embracing the full woke agenda, and a strategically infantile energy policy, we may be in the unusual position of relying on the French to keep Europe sane.
I don’t know enough about Pecresse to know whether she would be any better.
The French are such a paradox. They love their culture, but really despise their own nation and people. They have always been like a 13 year old girl who cannot stop self harming for some deep psychological reason.
Sad to see it as France is one of the world’s greatest nations historically, artistically, scientifically, intellectually – but still always wishes to politically self harm. They love their Great French Culture, but at the same time want to replace it with the lowest of foreign ways. They have given up having children like all the Europeans, and think it fine to import child bearing foreigners from outlandish places to have their children for them. They are like the DODO birds welcoming another sailing boat landing to re-victual.
Young versus old. The old remember La Gloire, the glory that was France. The young have a vision of France in the future. In the middle you have confusion.
Pretty much the same as everywhere else.
It gives me no pleasure to point out that the very same could be said about Great Britain and many other European nations.
“..the declaration that he wanted to “emmerder” (piss off) the 8% of non-vaccinated French — were intended (at least in part) to widen the splits in the traditional centre Right.”
Fair enough if you want to push a pro-vaccination policy (I agree) – but then make that argument on a stand-alone basis. Mixing public health policy up with other ulterior motives is terrible behaviour and Macron indulges in it repeatedly.
Islam must breath a sign of relief at this. Nothing will happen about immigration, things will go on as before.
And before you know it, the indigenous French will be a minority and their culture will not last long either.
I don’t like what I’ve seen of Macron and disagree with, particularly, his handling of the pandemic, but he seems to be one of the few politicians in Europe with some strategic vision.
Given the new German administration seems to be embracing the full woke agenda, and a strategically infantile energy policy, we may be in the unusual position of relying on the French to keep Europe sane.
I don’t know enough about Pecresse to know whether she would be any better.
If we are relying on France to keep Europe sane then Europe really is fxxxxd!
I don’t like Macron because he is smarmy. But that might not be a good reason not to like a politician.
I have said before – The others are no-hopers so Macron will win with a record small vote.