Tuesday, May 15, 2007

FRANCE'S NEW PRESIDENT'S ETHNIC ROOTS
By the time Hungary became a real democratic republic in 1989, Alattyan was a sleepy village of about 2,000 souls with little memory of its feudal past, and Nicolas Sarkozy was mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine, a deputy in the French National Assembly and a rising star in French politics with little interest in his feudal roots.

In "FRIEND OR FAUX"Olivier Roy says that Nicolas Sarkozy may not be what the French call a “libĂ©ral,” but he’s no neocon, either.
(NYTIMES)

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