Merkel forges alliance against Hollande(french presidancy candidate)

[my name again]

With the survival of "Merkozy" at stake, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has inserted herself into the French presidential election on behalf of her eurozone partner, President Nicolas Sarkozy.(...)Merkel views the preservation of her partnership with Sarkozy as an important element in the timely resolution of the eurozone crisis, despite their rocky start, numerous disagreements, and natural rivalry. The devil that Merkel now knows well, and has spent considerable capital cultivating, is preferable to the devil she doesn't know, and can only speculate about -- a socialist who, while pro-European, has bashed the financial sector, disparaged austerity, and promised to maintain social spending.

http://eurasia.foreignpolicy.com/pos...eserve_merkozy

http://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2012-03/merkel-buendnis-hollande (in german )


I hope the French people will tell Merkel to fvck off and not meddle with internal french affairs.

[joka]

http://eurasia.foreignpolicy.com/pos...eserve_merkozy

http://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2...dnis-hollande( in german )


I hope the French people will tell Merkel to fvck off and not meddle with internal french affairs.

It's not ok for her to voice her opinion about French elections, but it is for you? How about you fvck off instead?

American analysis of EU affairs, sucks as usual.

[szr]

It's not ok for her to voice her opinion about French elections, but it is for you? How about you fvck off instead?

American analysis of EU affairs, sucks as usual.

Antonio Barroso is from Spain.

Doofus.

[leloup46]

http://eurasia.foreignpolicy.com/pos...eserve_merkozy

http://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2...dnis-hollande( in german )


I hope the French people will tell Merkel to fvck off and not meddle with internal french affairs.

So when Ségolène went and looked for the support of Zapatero and Prodi, Hollande goes to Germany and looks for support from German socialists, those "forinners" are not "meddling" ?

as someone said why don't you f*ck off instead ? And I am French.

[leloup46]

Antonio Barroso is from Spain.

Doofus.

Actually he is Portuguese. And WTF does he have to do with that story ? As EU-commission President, he is neutral.

[szr]

Actually he is Portuguese. And WTF does he have to do with that story ? As EU-commission President, he is neutral.

Try clicking some of the links and reading some of the other posts in this thread. I'll give you one hint: José Manuel Barroso isn't Antonio Barroso is from Spain.

[leloup46]

Try clicking some of the links and reading some of the other posts in this thread. You'll figure it out eventually.

my mistake, I actually looked for a "Barroso connection" in the links (the German one doesn't work) and thought it was a reference to the one I named. You mean the author of the FP article.
The article is from February and probably as the German one does, it assesses that European leaders (specifically Germany here) prefer Sarkozy. And I understand them because he has been doing a major job internationally. Cameron supports him too. It's normal that European "conservative" parties support somebody within the same political family, it has always been the custom. Nothing to do with "meddling".

[muck]

It's not ok for her to voice her opinion about French elections, but it is for you? How about you fvck off instead?

American analysis of EU affairs, sucks as usual.

Indeed. Merkel also decided not to meet with right wing candidate Marie Le Pen but I'm yet to hear the outrage about that.

Why would a Conservative politician let a Socialist exploit her popularity anyway?

The original post lacks of pragmatism, realism and intelligence.

Having said this, isn't my name again German?

[Bleifuss]

I'm dissapointed , I thought we are going to invade Holland again

[leloup46]

I'm dissapointed , I thought we are going to invade Holland again

no but maybe Poland. The French socialists made a big deal about "the invasion of Polish plumbers" when the Constitutional Treaty went on referendum. The threat was deemed so severe that the French voted no.

[szr]

no but maybe Poland. The French socialists made a big deal about "the invasion of Polish plumbers" when the Constitutional Treaty went on referendum. The threat was deemed so severe that the French voted no.

Sounds like the perfect bonding activity to further strengthen Franco-British relations.

[tluassa]

So when Ségolène went and looked for the support of Zapatero and Prodi, Hollande goes to Germany and looks for support from German socialists, those "forinners" are not "meddling" ?

as someone said why don't you f*ck off instead ? And I am French.

The day socialists take over the German Bundestag is the day hell freezes over

[Bidoul33t]

no but maybe Poland. The French socialists made a big deal about "the invasion of Polish plumbers" when the Constitutional Treaty went on referendum. The threat was deemed so severe that the French voted no.

Except that the socialists called to vote yes remember? The Polish Plumber was at first de Villiers and extreme right rhetoric, then the extreme left also started to use it.

The socialists and Holland himself always said it was xenephobic.


But whatever.



The rest is not surprising, the European conservatives leaders and the socialists leaders belong to the same groups at the EU parliament (The UMP, CDU etc..., are in the christian democrats group, the PS, SPD, Labour, in the social democrat group. the UK conservative are in the "conservative" group a split faction of the christian democrats group, but they're not fooling anyone), so they support each other since they're on the same side, how shocking...

[JCR]

The day socialists take over the German Bundestag is the day hell freezes over

The last time this happened was 1998.
Also, brave words from a FDP man

[Mackie]

The last time this happened was 1998.
Also, brave words from a FDP man

And ended up in conservative politics.