Voici un extrait du courrier des lecteurs à l'issue d'un article d'un journaliste libéral souhaitant de ses voeux la victoire de Hollande dans le Wall-Street journal. La tonalité des commentaires est convergente.
*Mon raisonnement est simple et j’ai même décidé de créer une nouvelle règle pour commémorer cette analyse, la “Règle ‘Richard Nixon’ de Désinfection” qui veut qu’il est préférable de laisser le parti de gauche gagner lorsque le parti supposément de droite n’a qu’un candidat étatiste.*
To the motto "liberté, égalité, fraternité" France can now add stupidité.
A horrific future of chaos and violence awaits them
If the French pick Sarkozy they will continue on their no-so-gentle glide slope down. If they pick Hollande they will simply crash sooner. This will have an effect on the entire European economy ranging from bad to severe. Since the German tax payers and industry can't hold up all of Europe THEY might choose to leave the Euro and go back to the DM - in which case the whole project will collapse..
So that's the political choice the French, and most other European voters are given: Weakness, or Socialism, or both
It sounds like the French have reached a critical mass of "takers," i.e. people who have no compunction about cannibalizing the nation if it means they are provided for. This kills any chance of real reforms, especially when it comes to things like labor regulation. I suspect that France, unfortunately, must bottom out further before standing a chance to repair herself. The next step will be to expropriate actual wealth from those who have it, not just the bulk of income from those who earn it. It's gonna get messy.