Jospin sees France as the pilot of G8 protest forces
FT | 27.07.2001 13:27
Premier Lionel Jospin gave a new tilt to French diplomacy yesterday by suggesting that France could
play a leading role in channelling the energies of peaceful elements in the anti-globalisation movement.
play a leading role in channelling the energies of peaceful elements in the anti-globalisation movement.
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now it gets interesting !
27.07.2001 13:44
Pourquoi pas, M Blair ?
Orion Noir
Pourquoi pas? Not in his interests to do so..
27.07.2001 16:11
You expect the Labour government to make even empty noises about global democracy when it just aint part of the grand ole strategy...??
Hugh Pugh
Of what relevence are his interests?
27.07.2001 17:26
He has also shown by his comments this week to be utterly disdainful of 'his' populace or their well-being. Any sympathy I could have held for him and Short has completely evaporated. Basically he has become America's asswipe.
mango
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very funny
27.07.2001 18:01
jojo
Maybe being up for election next year might..
28.07.2001 07:23
a short comment on Jospin and his meeting with attac, the latter told him to p*ù$ off when he asked them whether they would supply advisors and even potentially a globalisation minister for his government. Surprising given attac, and some of their Paris dominated conseil d'administration self styled "leaders" of opinion. Many of us thought that one of them could have broken ranks and gone in for a bit of lefty toadying. We'll see what they have to say about this at their summer university in August, in Arles.
Keeping in the French vein, the cabinet advisor to the Right wing President of the French senate was recently on a fact finding tour in the U.S. meeting, inter alia, with people from the IMC in Seattle. Seems like he's getting interested as well.
When asked what he was going to be doing with this
information, he was very explicit in saying quite emphatically that this information was *only* for himself. that he was not preparing any reports or giving any reports to the president of the senate. or anything like that.
Nice work if you can get it...
za