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Müller, Christian
4 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Sarkozy's visit to Moscow
"Under President Sarkozy, France has adopted a tougher stance towards the Kremlin than it did under his predecessor Chirac," Christian Müller writes. "Before his first official visit to Moscow this week, the French head of state went to some trouble to allay the fears of former Soviet states in Eastern Europe that there would be a continuation of Chirac's policy of giving Russia's interests priority. ... The improvised triple alliance among Putin, Schröder and Chirac against Washington is now a thing of the past. ... German Chancellor Angela Merkel's tougher stance regarding Putin echoes that of Sarkozy, who is unwilling to let Berlin get the better of him either in this relationship or in its relations with the Eastern Europeans."
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A new lease of life for Ségolène Royal's election campaign
"France's socialist presidential candidate is fighting in vain against her rival Nikolas Sarkozy's lead in the polls," writes Christian Müller, adding that the mood among her team of advisers is very pessimistic. "So far, if you listen to the criticism coming from different quarters within her own party, in her campaign Ségolène Royal has acted like a car driver who, having been informed by radio that a car is driving towards her on the wrong side of the road, screams: not one, dozens of them! Her party celebrated the fact that her TV debate achieved slightly higher viewer ratings than Sarkozy's before her as a positive signal. However, the public's general reaction to her performance in the 'participative debate', which was dedicated solely to social and economic policy, was that she made too many declarations of non-committal sympathy instead of giving concrete explanations for how she plans to finance the fulfilment of the long catalogue of promises she's made."
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France 24 is on the air
Paris correspondent Christian Müller thinks France has launched its TV news programme primarily to break a supposed "Anglo-Saxon monopoly" on the airwaves. "Officially, France 24 is not to be the voice of France but rather 'a French view' of world events. But the background, structure and financing of the entire project invite scepticism. Chirac already has said that the broadcaster's mandate is to express 'France's values and vision of the world.' Unbidden memories pop up of the state origins of French TV. Apparently, many people are haunted by the belief that CNN or Fox News reflect America's official world view."
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France's leadership hobbled by 'Clearstream' affair
The newspaper's French correspondent Christian Müller is amazed that up to now the Clearstream affair has not had any political consequences for individual politicians: "Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy is once again portraying himself as a victim in the Clearstream affair and ranting about political intrigues aimed at bringing about his downfall, as he did recently in a long speech in Nimes. Yet not once did he mention Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin... Sarkozy's remaining in the cabinet doesn't change the fact that Prime Minister de Villepin's political survival is becoming increasingly unlikely. Doubts about the wisdom of the head of government's refusal to budge are growing within the ruling party. De Villepin has made so many enemies in recent times that if he tried to walk on water the press would immediately start mocking him for not being able to swim."
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