The trauma of 2002
The 2007 French presidential election has kicked off, 5 years after the previous one, and still many French people can still feel the bitter taste left from the 21th of April. I think it's difficult to start this blog without mentioning it first.
In 2002 I had made arrangements in advance to be able to vote, but I totally missed the whole campaign on insecurity. I was in Ireland, quite confident that Lionel Jospin would win. Not that I felt particularly excited by the man himself, although I might as well say it now, I have always voted socialist or green. But he was the socialist candidate. French people had voted the cohabitation. Jospin's government, it's still the general opinion, had been quite appreciated by a majority of French people.
When the results of the 1rst rounds were announced it was like a very very cold suddent shower. The sky fell on my head.
I'm writing this blog for me first, I want to forge my own opinion on political issues, on candidates, on the campaign, I want to observe the media and share my questions and opinions with other interested people. Why in English? I guess because I need to write more in English. But also, a presidential election is a big mess. It's hard to find your way around what candidates say, what the media are reporting, what the opponents are pretending. You have to read the original material, the programs. You need to be able to read French newspapers. I thought I would share this with non-french speakers.
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