While I like his vision and ambitions for a "union of Europe to change the world" and "to defend our model of society (...) our social values in particular", could you elaborate how his proposed policies would address the problems and concerns you have with Sarkozy's and Royal's "rhetoric" (I am doubtful you would agree to call them "proposals").
For example, according to the article you diaried:
Pointing out the amazing level of the French debt, he invited his supporters "to ask explanations from Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal, who every evening in their speeches promise tens of billion euros additional expenditure".
So, what is Bayrou's position on French debt, and how to resolve the problem?
What does he propose to do about unemployment, pensions, and other issues that you have identified in other comment as urgent issues for France? Truth unfolds in time through a communal process.
For example, an article in Le Monde this morning pointed me to his position on retirement. Truth unfolds in time through a communal process.
http://www.bayrou.fr/propositions/
or even here
http://www.udf.org/index.html
I'd like to make something clear. I don't "root" for Bayrou because I think he is the "supreme savior" and probably a lot of his proposals can be criticized.
I only think that he is a better alternative in the current situation, his overall policies remind of normal social-democracy or christian-democracy from people that stablized and developed countries like Germany and the nordic countries.
The ideology is pragmatism and fairness
the two other candidates are only power hungry machines with horrible political backgrounds. Sego's background isn't better than Sarko's. To believe anything else is being delusional.
