From: "Phil Payne" 

> For France, its the socialist policies that give them their problems.

France has a history of electing conservative presidents - this is actually
the third in a row.  Expecting a radical shift in policies is a little
far-fetched.

Within Europe, he's the most outspoken critic there is of the USA's
head-in-the-sand attitude to pollution and global warming.  He's fiercely
anti-Iraq and anti-oil lobby.

How you make him out to be a friend of Bush just because he pledges to
support the USA is beyond me.

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