And so France has elected itself a conservative right-wing politician as their head of state. Joy. Nicolas Sarkozy has an interesting background and I believe we should be watching out how his politics will play out.
According to some sources the New York Times
, they believe that the election of Sarkozy is akin to France electing a president like Bush. It kind of makes me laugh just thinking about it. Is it another jab to the French? I don’t think that Ségolène Royal, Sarkozy’s opponent, was too strong a candidate as her seemingly liberal politics, though her background is just as interesting as her opponent’s.
Sarkozy’s past reads like a recipe for, dare I say, a tyrant. Ridiculed for his looks at school, missing father figure, aggressive determination to succeed. All potentially explosive (or not) qualities. All I can say for now is let’s stay on the lookout.