The arrival of Sarkozy to the French government has provoked some changes in French foreign affairs: an approximation to the
Pedrero, Miguel
Miguel Pedrero is an expert journalist of International Policy. He has covered the main global events of the past 20 years for various media, principally on television. His specialty is Central and Eastern Europe.
France and Germany: a pair in crisis?
The differences between the French President and the German Chancellor complicate bilateral relations
By Miguel Pedrero, 10th April 2008
France: The Twentieth plan to avoid riots in the suburbs
Sarkozy’s plan stresses security, education, and employment
By Miguel Pedrero, 21st February 2008
The French President, Nicolas Sarkozy was Minister of the Interior during the greatest urban disturbances in recent French history, which took place in the most marginalized neighborhoods of the principal cities. He wants to avoid repetition of these events. The twentieth plan that he wants to apply to the suburbs has been dubbed Hope. Are the measures effective? What is the origin of the violence? Are we dealing with an Islamic revolt? Will it be useful to maintain a hard line?
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