Tema destacado del Martes, 17. Abril 2007

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Europe's place in French political debate

Five days away from the first round of the French presidential elections, the press is examining the way the candidates have treated the subject of Europe during the campaign and takes stock Jacques Chirac's European policy.

Les Echos - Francia

"If foreign policy and France's position in the world have been largely absent in the presidential campaign, Europe is slightly better off", considers the lawyer and essayist Laurent Cohen-Tanugi. "The 'no' vote in the referendum of May 29th 2005 having put France in a problematic situation, to say the least, regarding its European heritage and 'future', the main candidates were indeed unable to avoid telling voters how they intend to get the country - and the European Union with it - out of the deadlock. Thus Europe is, for once, a discriminatory factor in this election. ... Whoever moves into the Elysée palace will have to dispense with the ambivalence that has all too long burdened France's European policy." (17/04/2007)

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Más de la revista de prensa sobre el tema » Política de la UE, » Política interior, » Francia, » Europa
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La Vanguardia - España

"Europe has practically disappeared from the agenda during the French electoral campaign", writes Lluis Uria, the daily's Paris correspondent. "For a country that dealt the final blow to the European Constitution, this is rather surprising. As France is on the point of electing a new President of the Republic and starting a new political era, the European question, which divided the country two years ago, is strangely absent from electoral debate. ... According to a CSA [French polling institute] survey carried out for the 50th anniversary of the EU, the French say they are proud to be European (71%) but are wary of a liberal Europe in the making as well as the globalisation upon which they blame all the economic ills that France is suffering. ... And instead of trying to convince citizens of the advantages of the European project, French political leaders regularly fuel suspicion towards Brussels." (17/04/2007)

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Más de la revista de prensa sobre el tema » Política de la UE, » Política interior, » Francia
Todos los textos disponible de » Lluís Uría

Gazeta Wyborcza - Polonia

French President Jacques Chirac's term in office is coming to an end after 14 years. Polish journalist Aleksander Hall focuses on Chirac's Europolitics in his assessment: "Jacques Chirac wanted power for France. This is no doubt about why - despite his initially Eurosceptical stance and his moves to hinder Spain and Portugal on their path to Europe - he eventually converted to the 'European faith.' He tried to use Europe to boost France's position in the world... Chirac wanted the EU to become a political power in its own right. That was the right path. However, if you take a closer look at France's policies under Chirac you have to ask yourself exactly what role he had in mind for united Europe in the world. Sometimes you get the impression that it was to play the role of a counterweight to the US rather than a bastion of Western civilisation that would be the second great pillar of the West alongside America." (14/04/2007)

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Más de la revista de prensa sobre el tema » Política de la UE, » Política interior, » Francia
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