Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Nicolas Sarkozy says France has too many foreigners

Options
  • 06-03-2012 11:37pm
    #1
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17280647
    French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said there are too many foreigners in France and the system for integrating them is "working more and more badly".
    In a TV debate, Mr Sarkozy defended his plan to cut the number of new arrivals in half if he is re-elected next month.
    A sure sign that he thinks that he thinks that growth in the future is going to be weak or non-existent!


«134

Comments

  • Options
    #2
    MS.ing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 680 ✭✭✭MS.ing


    is he including the old french colonies of north africa in that? or REAL foreigners?


  • Options
    #3
    RachaelVO
    Registered Users Posts: 3,108 ✭✭✭RachaelVO


    I'm assuming he means the French themselves are working "more badly"

    Any fecking excuse for a strike!


  • Options
    #4
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users Posts: 7,519 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    Just election pandering.


  • Options
    #5
    44leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,137 ✭✭✭44leto


    This seems to be a trend I remember it was a British election issue as well. When there is a recession imigrants are seen as competition to the lowly and semi skilled. So I would say he is just answering Frances electorates concern.


  • Options
    #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    MS.ing wrote: »
    is he including the old french colonies of north africa in that? or REAL foreigners?
    I suspect that he means all of them, it's the North Africans that have caused the biggest headache in France recently


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #7
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Hande hoche! wrote: »
    Just election pandering.
    Yes, the far right have been making some headway recently, especially in the north near Lille.


  • Options
    #8
    losthorizon
    Registered Users Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭losthorizon


    is "working more and more badly" - His English is Terrible.

    Hes right France is Full of Foreigners - most of whom are French. I was there last year and I couldn't understand a word they were saying.


  • Options
    #9
    RachaelVO
    Registered Users Posts: 3,108 ✭✭✭RachaelVO


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I suspect that he means all of them, it's the North Africans that have caused the biggest headache in France recently

    In fairness that's not just isolated to France, it just seems to get more attention in the media both nationally and worldwide!


  • Options
    #10
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    RachaelVO wrote: »
    In fairness that's not just isolated to France, it just seems to get more attention in the media both nationally and worldwide!
    I agree,it's more of an economic issue, lack of growth means that there is no reason to "welcome" foreigners to do the shit jobs any more.


  • Options
    #11
    GetWithIt
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭GetWithIt


    Damn right. All those Frenchies.


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #12
    barney4001
    Registered Users Posts: 1,447 ✭✭✭barney4001


    Deleted User wrote: »
    A sure sign that he thinks that he thinks that growth in the future is going to be weak or non-existent!


    so has ireland


  • Options
    #13
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyu2jAD6sdo


  • Options
    #14
    ItsAWindUp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,325 ✭✭✭ItsAWindUp


    Would that be the same Nicholas Sarkozy with Hungarian parents?


  • Options
    #15
    Oddjob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 203 ✭✭Oddjob


    France seems to have got all the ****e immigrants, we're lucky, we seem to have got all the great immigrants who just narrowly missed being Ms Poland and have 6 degrees each, yet fit 18 hours works into a 8 hour day and are the nicest people you'd ever meet.

    On the rare 4 hour break they take on a Sunday morning, they also heal the sick and raise the dead.

    Unlike those lazy bastard Irish, I've never met one who has raised anyone from the grave, even when we had full employment.


  • Options
    #16
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    ItsAWindUp wrote: »
    Would that be the same Nicholas Sarkozy with Hungarian parents?

    His Father is Hungarian but I'm fairly sure his Mother is Lacertilian.


  • Options
    #17
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users Posts: 7,519 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    His Father is Hungarian but I'm fairly sure his Mother is Lacertilian.

    Learnt a new word.


  • Options
    #18
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    Hande hoche! wrote: »
    Learnt a new word.

    Mee too. :)

    I had to look up a the word for 'lizard like'.


  • Options
    #19
    inagoodway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,617 ✭✭✭inagoodway


    he looks like mr bean


  • Options
    #20
    m@cc@
    Registered Users Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭m@cc@


    Oddjob wrote: »
    Unlike those lazy bastard Irish, I've never met one who has raised anyone from the grave, even when we had full employment.


    Nah, they'd just have cemented over it, then built on it.


  • Options
    #21
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    What a little racist prick of a man.

    I'm sure Hitler said the exact same thing about Germany in the run up to the war.

    That stupid man has put his foot in it once too often.


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #22
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,464 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    I don't know Lloyd the French are assholes.


  • Options
    #23
    Sindri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    Deleted User wrote: »
    A sure sign that he thinks that he thinks that growth in the future is going to be weak or non-existent!

    I think he's trying to show a strong front and appeal to other right wing voters in the wake of the rising popularity of Le Pen's more extreme views in the upcoming Presidential elections.


  • Options
    #24
    Doc Ruby
    Registered Users Posts: 3,956 ✭✭✭Doc Ruby


    Oddjob wrote: »
    Unlike those lazy bastard Irish, I've never met one who has raised anyone from the grave
    No, tried that once. Don't recommend it.


  • Options
    #25
    Oddjob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 203 ✭✭Oddjob


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    What a little racist prick of a man.

    I'm sure Hitler said the exact same thing about Germany in the run up to the war.

    What? I'm sure Hitler probably forgot to pay his phone bill in the run up to the war, he was fairly busy, but what's your point?


  • Options
    #26
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    What a little racist prick of a man.

    In fairness immigration isn't necessarily a racist issue. It often has racist undertones but people do have legitimate concerns about pressure on services and increases competition for low skilled jobs.

    The free market for the proletariat and and not so much for other more protected professions and all that jazz.


  • Options
    #27
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    I'm sure Hitler said the exact same thing about Germany in the run up to the war.
    Wasn't Hitler trying to annex regions and bring in more citizens to a greater Germany
    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    What a little racist prick of a man.

    And for your first point, unemployment is high and citizens are concerned. So politicians follow the trend

    This post explains it:
    44leto wrote: »
    When there is a recession imigrants are seen as competition to the lowly and semi skilled. So I would say he is just answering Frances electorates concern.

    And it's true, immigrants provide competition for the unemployed.
    Hotels, shops, areas like that have wages driven down by immigration. You might get minimum wage, hard to get a good salary out of it

    Some areas like highly skilled jobs have a lot more protection and less danger of you getting worse conditions

    So anyway, where is the racist part? This is an economic issue


  • Options
    #28
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    In fairness immigration isn't necessarily a racist issue. It often has racist undertones but people do have legitimate concerns about pressure on services and increases competition for low skilled jobs.

    The free market for the proletariat and and not so much for other more protected professions and all that jazz.
    It would have been the Likes of Sarkozy himself (Little EU man) that would have been promoting the free movement of people across the EU, now he has the cheek to give out about it.

    It wasn't long ago when posters were placed on trains across France warning people of Romanians.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8534030.stm


  • Options
    #29
    Zebra3
    Registered Users Posts: 13,856 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I suspect that he means all of them, it's the North Africans that have caused the biggest headache in France recently

    Really? You reckon they made all those economic decisions that has caused so many problems in France? :rolleyes:


  • Options
    #30
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,464 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

    It wasn't long ago when posters were placed on trains across France warning people of Romanians.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8534030.stm

    Hmmm


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #31
    2ygb4cmqetsjhx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 564 ✭✭✭2ygb4cmqetsjhx


    This is very interesting to me. I was in Paris and the weekend. First thing that struck me was the amount of Muslims. I thought I was in Algeria or Saudi Arabia or somewhere. Not that thats a bad thing.


Advertisement