Riots spread...is appeasement on the horizon?
There's disarray in the French cabinet...as riots spread. Want to bet on appeasement?
Squabbling broke out within Villepin's government when Equal Opportunities Minister Azouz Begag openly criticised Sarkozy (The Interior Minister) for calling the protesting youths "scum".
"I talk with real words," Sarkozy fired back in an interview in the daily Le Parisien. "When someone shoots at policemen, he's not just a 'youth', he's a lout, full stop."
He acknowledged on Europe 1 that Begag had not made his job any easier, while the equal opportunities minister complained in a regional newspaper that Sarkozy never consulted him.
Villepin delayed for several hours his planned departure for a visit to Canada on Wednesday to deal with the issue and Sarkozy cancelled a planned visit to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
posted by GayandRight @ 11:55 AM
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Sarkozy is a pretty tough anti-crime type but even *his* description of "louts" isn't strong enough. If someone shoots at a policeman they aren't just a lout..they are a potential murderer.
The socialist opposition is calling for Sarkozy to cool it with the crack-down-on-crime mentality and just offer these "youth" after-school programs, jobs and rehabilation...as if that is going to stop them.
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