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2003-11-17 Europe

Chirac assembles ministers for emergency anti-Semitism meeting

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Posted by Bulldog 2003-11-17 5:02:22 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Nicolas Sarkozy, the interior minister, said: "We must use the words anti-Semitism. Honesty is not denying the evidence. When people set fire to a Jewish school, itâs hard for me not to think that itâs an act of anti-Semitism."

Hmm. Isn't he one of the guys who was "denying the evidence" for the last couple of years?

Posted by Patrick Phillips 2003-11-17 5:09:29 AM|| 2003-11-17 5:09:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 well if he can change when the evidence is in his face, thats better than nothing.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-11-17 9:53:00 AM|| 2003-11-17 9:53:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 To the question:

"Hmm. Isn't he one of the guys who was "denying the evidence" for the last couple of years?"

The answer is No. Until May 2002 Sarkozi was in the opposition and even in the interior of opposition his status was shaky (in part for siding with Balladur in 1995, in part for having dumped Chirac's closest councellor: his daughter).
Sarkozi is son of a Hungarian who fled Hungary in 1956 and AFAIK believes in things like rule of law.

Posted by JFM 2003-11-17 3:31:26 PM|| 2003-11-17 3:31:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Sarkozy strikes me as being a straight guy, stuck in a crooked system. I kind of like him, from afar anyway.

Posted by Fred 2003-11-17 8:05:40 PM|| 2003-11-17 8:05:40 PM|| Front Page Top

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