Newspaper watch - Turkey

The Hindu on Turkish politics: "<<..>> However the decision is unlikely to resolve the chronic tension between Islamists, internationalists, and reformers on one side and nationalists, secularists and conservatives on the other"

Say what ??

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There's also a article on Francois Bayrou who came third in the French elections. He seems quite a smart chap and perhaps the messiah France has been waiting for. His critique of Segolene Royale and Nicolas Sarkozy:

" By his close links to the business world and media powers, his taste for intimidation and threat, Nicolas Sarkozy wll concentrate powers as they have never been. By his character and the themes he has chosen, risks worsening the social rift through a policy that benefits the richest.

Segolene Royale appears to have better intentions in terms of democracy. She seems more attentive to the fabric of our society. But her programme is full of state intervention, perpetuating the illusion that is it up to the state to do everything, that it can do everything. This programme goes exactly against the steps needed to give our country back its creativity and balance."