He has a constant need to threaten non-favorable press. He called Liberation's owner, saying that state subsidies would disappear once he is elected if the paper remains against him. He had Paris-Match's director fired for daring to speak about his troubled wedding.
One of his main policies is brutal treatment of illegals, pointing the blame for crime on the "stranger". He is constantly supporting the police forces, destroying the balance between the executive and the judicial branches of government. Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
Would not you expect him to support the police, being their boss? As I said, his policies are hard-line, but I really do not think they threaten democracy (which the accusation of fascism implies).
Do you really think France was not a democracy for the past 5 years or will cease to be one if he is elected? 'La fin désastreuse a répondu aux moyens indignes' Germain Tillion
Chirac was sometimes very right wing, but his historic clientele was the peasantry... His support for the PAC might have hurt the EU, but not that badly.
Whereas Sarkozy, with the police as his clientele, is letting it develop some very bad habits, such as unpunished bavures in the projects, random violent arrests of people with a darker-skin... His policies undermining the separation of the judicary and executive branches do undermine democracy.
I'm not going to claim Sarkozy would suppress free speech for the left wing, but the Berlusconian way in which he treats the press and the press treats him had not been seen in France since de Gaulle. 5 years of this will mean little access for left wing -or critical- ideas in the mainstream press. See how easily the various scandals of this campaign have been defused - the press dares not questioning him. Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
[Chirac's] support for the PAC might have hurt the EU, but not that badly
Chirac's stubborn support for the PAC has hurt badly France within the EU, and jeopardized The EU position in global talks. "Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
I agree (for once!) with fredouil and Rom: I think it is not relevant and even counterproductive to use the word fascism to qualify an authoritarian politician like Sarkozy. "Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
I am not disputing authoritarian (nor control freak). 'La fin désastreuse a répondu aux moyens indignes' Germain Tillion
They are totally open (much a sect can be) about their dictatorial ambitions.
you should get to know them.
Cut the crap, fredouil. Last time you guaranteed Le Pen wasn't going to get his signatures and be forced to stand down. As usual, Le Pen was making himself out to be a victim. You should get to know what you're talking about.
