(François
Hollande elected president)(source: bfmfan.com)
It is with great sadness that I announce the victory of François
Hollande in the presidential elections of France 2012. He won with 51,8% of the
vote against Nicolas Sarkozy, who won 48,2% of the vote.
A great mistake
Whereas many didn’t think about the consequences of electing
Hollande as president, France now appears to be in very delicate position dealing
with the other European countries. It is France in the forefront for the
moment. It is time to change the country, says Hollande “Le changement c’est maintenant!” (Change is now). In fact, by change, he means that we are no
longer going to have economic stability, that we are going to spend more, mobilizing
public funds for people who already have a job and leaving on the side others
looking for one. Moreover, there is no need to mention again his willingness to
raise taxes for the rich for the supposedly equity and giving the rights to any
foreigners living in the country without knowing anything about the French
culture.
The role of the media
The media played their role perfectly promoting Hollande in a good
way while they couldn’t stop beating upon Sarkozy criticizing his presidential
term. Good job! Now we can really see who was manipulating whom! However, this
is an even more difficult pill to swallow when young partisans of Hollande went
door to door trying to convince, or should I say manipulate, people to choose
the wrong candidate. Let them make their own choice, they don’t need you! In
this frustrating situation, the conservative president tried to do his best and
demonstrate that he managed to keep the country safe when compared with Spain,
Italy or Greece.
What about finance?
On the investor side, the victory of François Hollande had no
effect. After opening sharply lower on Monday 7th of May at -1,57%,
the CAC 40 (equivalent of the FOOTSIE) returned positive in the middle of the
day to settle there securely. Actually, this fall in the morning was mainly due
to the Greek elections that were held at the same time because of the massive
presence of the radical neo-Nazis party in parliament. In fact, the principal
threat for investors would be the breakup of the Eurozone with the coming to
power of anti-European political parties. This is why Hollande with power is a
great menace for Europe. He clearly voiced during his only debate with Sarkozy,
that his first goal is France and not Europe. The debate was the only one because
he was not brave enough to face the challenge. He also declared to Angela
Merkel, the German chancellor, that he wanted to make great changes concerning
European politics, for example with the renegotiation of the European fiscal
pact. Obviously, it was out of the question for the chancellor to accept such a
proposition, especially when it came from a man who is not open to international
relations.
We can still fight back
In mid June we have the upcoming legislative elections, which are
going to be very important for the future French government. Indeed, if many
deputies from the conservative party will be elected, there will be no space for the governance of Hollande to manoeuvre.
According to many statistics (Nouvel Observateur), he won’t have the Parliament
majority so he will be constrained to govern by decree, therefore there will be
no lows.
Let’s react and take this opportunity to prevent Hollande from burdening
the country with huge liabilities.
