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Grosser, Alfred
3 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Can Nicolas Sarkozy reform France?
French political scientist Alfred Grosser worries that the new president, Nicolas Sarkozy, could get even more power than Jacques Chirac – that is, if his party wins the parliamentary elections in June. "Sarkozy says he wants a non-partisan country. But he'd be president of a republic in which all of those who were of service to him would get the top posts in the police and administration... Sarkozy says the president will play a larger role, but in fact that has been the case for quite a while, even if the constitution says the opposite. There, it says the president actually has little power, as is evident in the shared role. Because the Prime Minister has a free hand when it comes to economic and social policy, as was the case from 1997 to 2002 with Chirac and Lionel Jospin. But as soon as the president also has the parliamentary majority, he becomes truly all-powerful."
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History weighs upon Euro-turkish dialogue
Alfred Grosser writes that Jacques Chirac is right to demand that Turkey admit its responsibility for the genocide of Armenians in 1915/16 before being allowed to join the EU. "Germany is a good example in this respect. The sins of the past do not in any way imply guilt in the present. On the contrary, one can purge the present of guilt by admitting to atrocities that were committed a long time ago by another government… Taking a critical view of the past boosts a society's morals. Turkey is not the only country to reject this premise, but it is the only large country that is seeking EU membership. The EU, for its part, should recognise that it is based just as much on moral values as it is on economic advantages."
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More from the press review on the subject » EU enlargement, » History, » Turkey
Alfred Grosser on German self-censorship
"In a recent article, two Jewish writers, Eva Menasse and Michael Kumpfmüller, rightfully observe that amid all its focus on Günter Grass, the German media has paid less attention to the Middle East," notes Alfred Grosser, a franco-german author and researcher in political science. "They deduce from this that Germany is beginning to neglect the solidarity with Israel imposed by its past. A very different conclusion is possible : forever intimidated by reminders of the Shoah, Germany has for years been neglecting the defense of the humiliated and scorned personified by the residents of Gaza and the 'Territories'. ... The fact that intimidation, censorship and self-censorship exist in France as well does not change the overall point : in the name of overcoming its past, Germans are urged to be partial. This is one of the difficulties encountered in framing the doctrine for a possible military presence in Lebanon."
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