Sarkozy, a Frenchman in a Hurry, Maps His Path

Reference

Sciolino, E. & Smale, A. (2007, September 23). Sarkozy, a Frenchman in a Hurry, Maps His Path. Retrieved September 24, 2007, from the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/world/europe.html


Summary

According to Sciolino, E. & Smale, A. in their article, "Sarkozy, a Frenchman in a Hurry, Maps His Path", they are explaining the vision of the French President about the European Union and the NATO's military and they classify president Sarkozy in the same political tendency as de Gaule. First, they write that the French President wants to lead both powers of France and Europe to be in the same level with the U.S. They mention his position regarding the situation of Iran, in underlining the speech's difference between him and his foreign minister and between his views and those of the President Bush. About the NATO, they show the two points of the President which are the cognition of the independent European defense by the U.S. and the impact of France in the NATO's administration. Then next, they relate the visit of the President of France in the U.S. And his statements of admiration about the American society. Finally, they mention the suspension of all activities of France in Iran and state the position of them about the non implication in Iraq's situation



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This issue shows that the President of France wants to develop a sort of power and leadership in his political system. To analyze the strategies, speeches, and statements made by him, I personaly think that he is too ambitious in politics; he extends the vision and anticipates the political stakes. In my opinion, this makes him deserve a positive side because all those things are really important in politics, especially in the International Relations. Moreover, he feels like to make his country, and Europe, more powerful like before in the decisions of foreign politics and diplomacy. The French President always aspired to a sort of influential political career in being exceptional or different from others in opinions and political issues. For example, after taking the leading of France, we saw him negotiating the liberation of some twelve Bulgarian physician detainees in Libya for eight years; therefore, his political actions are sometimes those of a right and responsible man.


The position of the French President about Iran is appreciable, because Iran has always been condemned by most international leaders for its nuclear program; it is really interesting to see Mr.Sarkozy suspend all activities of his country there, so that Iran's leader could make an effort to respect the resolutions and recommendations of the U.N. But the evidence is that the President of France is sometimes pretentious, despite all his political actions; he is opinionated, he seems to be radical and less opened; however, we are noticing sometimes in the International politics the errand of power between U.S.A and France, because for a long time those two countries have always been the giants of world politics which deal with each other in some International issues.