• Sarkozy turns back on 'Anglo-Saxon model'
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[IMG]http://compagniedelapresquefeinte.blogs.letelegramme.com/images/medium_sarkogrimace.jpg[/IMG] [I]This is the result for "trisomic" on Google.fr Images[/I] [QUOTE]AFP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in the midst of a re-election campaign, has taken aim at the British Financial Times daily, accusing it of blindly supporting the "Anglo-Saxon model" of economics. "They don't agree with me, which I really rejoice in that, you know, because I don't agree with them," Sarkozy said during a television debate Thursday on France 2. "The FT, as they say in informed circles, has always defended the Anglo-Saxon model, considering the French incorrigible and that we would do better to align ourselves to the Anglo-Saxon model," he added. Sarkozy faces a tough fight against French Socialist presidential frontrunner Francois Hollande over two rounds of voting on April 22 and May 6. "The FT has thought for many years that the solution for the world is that there should be no law... I think exactly the opposite," Sarkozy said. "The FT explains to us that it is necessary to act exactly like Britain, which is in a far worse economic situation than France." His comments came after the Financial Times published a piece headlined "Broken promises come back to haunt Sarkozy." In it the paper said that the French president's promises to raise spending power and create more jobs "are now being thrown back in his face as broken promises".[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.france24.com/en/20120413-sarkozy-turns-back-anglo-saxon-model-economics-financial-times-campaign?autoplay=1[/url]
Damn right, it's [B]anglo[/B] for a REASON! [sp]/retard[/sp]
Is this considered good or bad from the French public's eyes?
Anything this douchebag says is considered retarded for quite of a few of us frenchies, simple as that.
[quote]"The FT explains to us that it is necessary to act exactly like Britain, which is in a far worse economic situation than France."[/quote] Is that actually true? We have more debt, but is our economy worse?
[QUOTE=Catdaemon;35558600]Is that actually true? We have more debt, but is our economy worse?[/QUOTE] Last I checked, no. They have a worse credit rating than us too. For those of you that don't know, there is something called the Anglo-sphere which comprises of America, Australia, Britain, Canada, Ireland, News Zealand and South Africa which usually sticks together with its Anglo traditions and views.
[QUOTE=Catdaemon;35558600]Is that actually true? We have more debt, but is our economy worse?[/QUOTE] Since France has been downgraded and Britain has it, I highly doubt that. However, the downgrading of France was controversial, since Sarkozy's argument was that Britain's economy wasn't too dissimilar, which is true.
Is there really an Anglo-Saxon model of economics? I thought practically every developed nation does business through pretty much the same methods.
[QUOTE=Catdaemon;35558600]Is that actually true? We have more debt, but is our economy worse?[/QUOTE] People react too much on what the credit agencies say, bear in mind if it wasn't for them rating crappy american debt AAA then we wouldn't be in such a hole. With the economy he means the British model of a large financial services industry, and the FT is proponent of less regulation in the industry, this being seen as a way to generate more money as they can take more risks. The French economy is definitely more balanced than ours, as they have a much more state supported and stronger secondary industry, i.e manufacturing, and they spend a hell of a lot of money subsidising that and agriculture.
Don't forget the Normans!
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