On air of “City-FM” Evgenia Voiko, the foreign policy expert of the Centre for current politics in Russia, advanced her opinion about results of the presidential elections in France.
Results of the first ballot in France are summed up. Two candidates passed on the next ballot. They are a member of the dominative centre-right Public movement union Nicolas Sarkozy and a member of the opposite Socialist party Segolen Royal. These results are quite expected. The sensation of the Sunday elections was in another fact: an incredible number of voters took part in the ballot-about 85%.
Those candidates participating in the next elections uphold contra distinct views on economy. The socialist Royal is intended to increase social spending and to displace them on business. She offers to invent more than half a million of the work positions for the youth, to impose big-ticket social building and to restrict poor families` spending on the community charges.
Another winner, ex-minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy places its stake on business. He proposes to reduce income taxes ant to allow the French to work more that 35 hours a week. Recently French economy has grown slower than most of the economically developed countries. The level of unemployment is 8-9%, where the highest percentage belongs to the youth.
We got in touch with the expert on foreign policy of the Centre for current politics Evgenia Voiko.
-Why did the French take part in the ballot on such a mass basis?
-It is worth mentioning that the electoral campaign was aggressively promoted. A great attention towards the campaign was paid both in France and on the international scene. Moreover, these elections mean the upcoming of new political elites, and this fact couldn’t but remain without attention.
-Did unrest in Paris suburbs and phantom of monsieur Le Pean play its role?
-Actually, they did. It was the best card of all the candidates in the current elections. All of them used nationalistic rhetoric and put their stake on the French identity.
-What will be the final result of the second ballot, to your mind?
-Sarkozy is likely to win. This is quite expected and predictable on the basis of electioneering and political profile of both the candidates.
-All the candidates are not standing for Russia. Which of them is more suitable for our country?
-Sarkozy. Due to his inclemency he is a successor of Jacques Chirac with whom Moscow managed to upbuild quite constructive cooperation. Besides, there is a reason to believe that Sarkozy is easier to arrange with than right advocate Royal. She insists on following human rights in Russia, where this problem is still actual. In addition to this Russian political elites didn’t succeed in communicating with women-politicians.
The source: radio station City-FM”, 23 April 2007
