Personally, I am at confusion with myself with the question that if there is unemployment in the USA and we are in a “Great Recession”, which would affect other countries. So our economic problems are so called “rubbed-off” on France. If that is how it is, then it shouldn’t be much of a German involvement. I am guessing though that the article is trying to connect the past conflict between these two countries in 1945 to today’s situation. But the very last statement throws off my last opinion because peace between France and Germany couldn’t possibly benefit Europe to such a large scale. If anything, their personal conflicts would be resolved, not involving other territories. -krupa p world pd. 9
This article states that Selestat, France has a much higher unemployment rate than Emmendingen, Germany even though they are barely 20 miles apart. Even though Mr. Sarkozy proposes a national referendum, that will improve the fleibility of the labour market by following the Germanns, I feel that Mr. Hollande is right in saying the French should spend more money on the state and education and not emulate into germans. - shobha tewani pd.9 world history
There is a huge difference of lifestyles between the French and the German. The French are more inclined to enjoy life, and relax—it is part of their culture. The Germans on the other hand are hardworking and discipline in everything they do. Both qualities of the French and Germans have their ups and downs. In an economic depression Germans seem to have the upper hand, for instance they have one of the highest unemployment rates in Europe. But in dealing with lifestyle, the French seem to enjoy life more. They search for happiness in their everyday lives—although it is hard to be really, really happy if you can barely make ends meet. Personally I would love to visit both countries, but French culture has always been of more interest to me. I’ve always dreamed of walking along the Seine River, besides the Eifel and breathing in lovely, dreamy atmosphere of Paris (my parents say I’m over exaggerating and have my hopes too high). Merilyn Chang Pd 9
Wow, first Germany humiliates France twice throughout history, and then they are going to take all of France's people away because of their great economy. It's great to know about their economic status and how some of it works for France, it's humorous that the only thing thats stopping the French is the language barrier from their next door neighbor. Guess the language of love can't get over German's might. Kevin An
Desperate times call for desperate measures. For the French to ever openly say that they need to be more like Germany, you know that times are awful in France. They are in that situation where they have to bite their tongue and do the absolutely terrible thing. If it works, it works though and they can't deny that because if they do they might just go under. -Zeeshan Lakhaney
I think that because Sarkozy is part of a newer and different generation than the people of France that experienced humiliation in the past on the part of Germany, he isn't afraid to say that he wants France to be like Germany. He may also be motivated to say these things because France's economy is worse than Germany's. I'm actually glad he isn't afraid to say that because as two main powers in Europe where there is a major economic crisis, people shouldn't be worried about what happened 90 years ago. They need to live in the present. -Evan Siegel Per. 9
France has a tendency of being stuck in bad situations with Germany and the tension between them seems to build off humility towards France. Since Germany is doing better then France overall, France is humiliated by the fact that France is losing their own people to the country that humiliated them twice in history which adds insult to injury. -Muhammad Yousuf -Period 9
Personally, I am at confusion with myself with the question that if there is unemployment in the USA and we are in a “Great Recession”, which would affect other countries. So our economic problems are so called “rubbed-off” on France. If that is how it is, then it shouldn’t be much of a German involvement. I am guessing though that the article is trying to connect the past conflict between these two countries in 1945 to today’s situation. But the very last statement throws off my last opinion because peace between France and Germany couldn’t possibly benefit Europe to such a large scale. If anything, their personal conflicts would be resolved, not involving other territories.
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This article states that Selestat, France has a much higher unemployment rate than Emmendingen, Germany even though they are barely 20 miles apart. Even though Mr. Sarkozy proposes a national referendum, that will improve the fleibility of the labour market by following the Germanns, I feel that Mr. Hollande is right in saying the French should spend more money on the state and education and not emulate into germans.
ReplyDelete- shobha tewani pd.9 world history
Even though the towns of Sélestat and Emmendingen are so close in distance, the towns are completely different. In Germany, the state is beneficial, but not the individual, while in France it's the opposite. France's opportunities are beneficial for the individual more than France as a whole. Germany's economy is flourishing but the individual has a poor salary. On the other hand, France's economy is growing worse each year but the individual has a high salary. Both countries have their ups and downs, but as of today, Germany is doing much better than France. The reason Germany is doing so well is because of the apprenticeship program that is set up there. This apprenticeship gives the youth of German the opportunity to work and study at the same time. And once out of school, these students can go to work immediately because of the apprenticeship. This creates less unemployment. If France created the same apprenticeship as Germany, the unemployment rate would decrease. People who are having a hard time getting a job are young adults who just graduated from school. But it is interesting that two towns, miles away from one another, are so different, economy wise.
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There is a huge difference of lifestyles between the French and the German. The French are more inclined to enjoy life, and relax—it is part of their culture. The Germans on the other hand are hardworking and discipline in everything they do. Both qualities of the French and Germans have their ups and downs. In an economic depression Germans seem to have the upper hand, for instance they have one of the highest unemployment rates in Europe. But in dealing with lifestyle, the French seem to enjoy life more. They search for happiness in their everyday lives—although it is hard to be really, really happy if you can barely make ends meet. Personally I would love to visit both countries, but French culture has always been of more interest to me. I’ve always dreamed of walking along the Seine River, besides the Eifel and breathing in lovely, dreamy atmosphere of Paris (my parents say I’m over exaggerating and have my hopes too high).
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Wow, first Germany humiliates France twice throughout history, and then they are going to take all of France's people away because of their great economy. It's great to know about their economic status and how some of it works for France, it's humorous that the only thing thats stopping the French is the language barrier from their next door neighbor. Guess the language of love can't get over German's might.
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Desperate times call for desperate measures. For the French to ever openly say that they need to be more like Germany, you know that times are awful in France. They are in that situation where they have to bite their tongue and do the absolutely terrible thing. If it works, it works though and they can't deny that because if they do they might just go under.
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I think that because Sarkozy is part of a newer and different generation than the people of France that experienced humiliation in the past on the part of Germany, he isn't afraid to say that he wants France to be like Germany. He may also be motivated to say these things because France's economy is worse than Germany's. I'm actually glad he isn't afraid to say that because as two main powers in Europe where there is a major economic crisis, people shouldn't be worried about what happened 90 years ago. They need to live in the present.
ReplyDelete-Evan Siegel Per. 9
France has a tendency of being stuck in bad situations with Germany and the tension between them seems to build off humility towards France. Since Germany is doing better then France overall, France is humiliated by the fact that France is losing their own people to the country that humiliated them twice in history which adds insult to injury.
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