Identifier
Created
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07SAOPAULO387
2007-05-08 10:21:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Consulate Sao Paulo
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION: EUROPE: FRANCE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; SAO
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UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000387
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD
DEPT PASS USTR
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: EUROPE: FRANCE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; SAO
PAULO
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000387
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD
DEPT PASS USTR
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: EUROPE: FRANCE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; SAO
PAULO
1. "Elected To Change"
Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (5/8)
editorialized: "Conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy obtained a
clear victory in the French presidential elections. As a result, the
Socialist Party had its third consecutive defeat in presidential
elections. The 6 percent difference, however, shows that France
continues to be a nation deeply divided between the left and the
right wings. Sarkozy brings the winds of change.... What remains to
be seen is whether these changes will really occur or if they will
be no more than simply media effects produced by the campaign. There
is no reason to doubt Sarkozy's intention to modernize France....
Part of the problem is that a significant number of French citizens
- including Sarkozy's voters - oppose changes in the nation's
generous system of social benefits."
2. "Sarkozy's Victory"
Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo (5/8)
commented: "The 38 million French who voted Sunday divided the
nation into two parts - one left, another right.... No other French
president believed, as Sarkozy does, in the qualities of modern
capitalism.... There cannot be any doubt of what Sarkozy thinks
about an open economy - except for the agribusiness sector.... One
may question, however, if the new president will be able to start a
profound reform in the French model - i.e., if an excessively
supported society will accept changes that will alter its way of
life."
McMullen
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD
DEPT PASS USTR
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: EUROPE: FRANCE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; SAO
PAULO
1. "Elected To Change"
Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (5/8)
editorialized: "Conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy obtained a
clear victory in the French presidential elections. As a result, the
Socialist Party had its third consecutive defeat in presidential
elections. The 6 percent difference, however, shows that France
continues to be a nation deeply divided between the left and the
right wings. Sarkozy brings the winds of change.... What remains to
be seen is whether these changes will really occur or if they will
be no more than simply media effects produced by the campaign. There
is no reason to doubt Sarkozy's intention to modernize France....
Part of the problem is that a significant number of French citizens
- including Sarkozy's voters - oppose changes in the nation's
generous system of social benefits."
2. "Sarkozy's Victory"
Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo (5/8)
commented: "The 38 million French who voted Sunday divided the
nation into two parts - one left, another right.... No other French
president believed, as Sarkozy does, in the qualities of modern
capitalism.... There cannot be any doubt of what Sarkozy thinks
about an open economy - except for the agribusiness sector.... One
may question, however, if the new president will be able to start a
profound reform in the French model - i.e., if an excessively
supported society will accept changes that will alter its way of
life."
McMullen