[Stoat]

In sweeping Thatcherite reforms which represent the worst fears of socialists and unions,

Be still, my beating heart!

The wave of reforms aimed at increasing wages and cutting unemployment is expected to meet intense resistance from the Left.

Which means that they are on-target and will likely be successful and effective.

For the French, the raft of reforms announced yesterday was seen as the first taste of a social revolution which will change the face of their country for ever.

Sounds wonderful!

As they woke yesterday, Sarkozy's ominous warning of a social and political revolution and "rupture with the old habits of the past" would have had many choking on their croissants.

"snicker!"

"I believe in merit, effort and reward for that effort and I believe in social mobility. But above all, I believe in hard work."

Full steam ahead!  Let anyone who can't handle it move to Cuba  :-)

[Cinnamon]

“Scrap inheritance tax for 95 per cent of the population because “the fruits of a lifetime of work should not be handed over to the government”.
I loooove this part =)

[Frank_2001]

Bring back the king! (OK, just kidding;)

[Army Air Corps]

Ping to the Holder of the List

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Does he really have the power to implement such serious reforms, even being elected President of France?

What about the lower branches of government? How much power will they have to kill the reforms or water them down to useless?

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Talk about refreshing that we will not have to see the De Gaullist anti-american clown Chirac anymore.

[Steve Van Doorn]

Never thought I would say this but I really like this French leader! He is the type of leader we need here.

[goodnesswins]

THIS was a fun part of the article.....

“For centuries, the French have scoffed at the way much of the western world works more than 40 hours a week, snacks at its desk at lunchtime and takes a mere fortnight’s holiday in the summer.

But while many workaholic nations have become richer, France has been plunged into a spiral of public debt, weak growth, low wages and spending power and soaring unemployment.”

[goldstategop]

I'd say its next to impossible. Trying to change France's anti-capitalist mindset is akin to trying to move a mountain. That's the scale of the task Nicholas Sarkozy faces in changing France's statist immobilisme culture. Time will tell if he is in fact France's Ronald Reagan - or another pseudo-conservative like his predecessor Jacques Chirac. We in America wish him luck.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[bray]

He looks like a Cowboy!

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