{"id":69257,"date":"2007-09-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2007\/09\/24\/sarkozy-ou-lart-de-la-nuance-radicale-et-culottee\/"},"modified":"2007-09-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-24T00:00:00","slug":"sarkozy-ou-lart-de-la-nuance-radicale-et-culottee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2007\/09\/24\/sarkozy-ou-lart-de-la-nuance-radicale-et-culottee\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarkozy, ou l&rsquo;art de la nuance radicale et culott\u00e9e"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>L&rsquo;habilet\u00e9 politicienne de Sarko \u00e9tant ce qu&rsquo;elle est, le pr\u00e9sident fran\u00e7ais manuvre joliment pour nuancer des positions politiques dont il mesure qu&rsquo;elles ont peut-\u00eatre \u00e9t\u00e9 trop loin et pour en nuancer d&rsquo;autres, d\u00e9j\u00e0 populaires, en les radicalisant. Somme toute, il a d\u00e9couvert l&rsquo;art de la nuance radicale. C&rsquo;est un produit d&rsquo;\u00e9poque. Nous nous proposons de parcourir ce qui nous para\u00eet l&rsquo;essentiel de son interview \u00e0 l&rsquo;International <em>Herald Tribune<\/em> du <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/2007\/09\/24\/europe\/24sarkozy.php\" class=\"gen\">23 septembre<\/a> (<em>the first<\/em> dans une publication de langue anglaise depuis son \u00e9lection).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t Parlons de l&rsquo;Iran et demandons-nous en lisant Sarko: le sujet de sa critique constante et implicite est-il l&rsquo;Iran ou Kouchner? Ou bien, \u00e9ventuellement, les USA ou l&rsquo;Iran?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t\u00ab<em>France&rsquo;s position, he explained, is clear: No nuclear weapon for Iran, an arsenal of sanctions to convince them, negotiations, discussions, firmness. And I don&rsquo;t want to hear anything else that would not contribute usefully to the discussion today.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t\u00bb<em>For my part, I don&rsquo;t use the word war,&rsquo; he said, signaling that he will not tolerate any dissent on the issue.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t\u00bb<em>His words were in sharp contrast to those of his foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, who said in a radio and television interview last Sunday that France was preparing for the worst scenario with Iran  war  and has spent much of his time since then declaring that he had been misunderstood.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t\u00bb<em>Sarkozy also contradicted his foreign minister a second time, saying that Kouchner&rsquo;s public offer to visit Iran was a nonstarter. I don&rsquo;t think that the conditions for a trip to Tehran are present right now, he said. We can talk things over in the halls of the United Nations.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t\u00bb<em>Asked whether France agreed with the Bush administration that all options are on the table, he replied, The expression all the options are on the table&rsquo; is not mine. And I do not make it mine. He added, I am not determining my position on the Iranian question based on the position of the United States alone.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t  Deuxi\u00e8me sujet dont on a beaucoup parl\u00e9 : l&rsquo;OTAN (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dedefensa.org\/article.php?art_id=4402\" class=\"gen\">la r\u00e9int\u00e9gration de la France<\/a> dans l&rsquo;organisation int\u00e9gr\u00e9e de l&rsquo;OTAN). Sarkozy \u00e9claire substantiellement notre lanterne en \u00e9non\u00e7ant deux conditions, <em>sine qua non<\/em> semble-t-il, pour la r\u00e9int\u00e9gration de la France dans l&rsquo;OTAN. Il place la barre tr\u00e8s haut, si haut&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t\u00ab<em>In the interview, Sarkozy announced for the first time two conditions that would have to be met beforehand: American acceptance of an independent European military capability and a leading French role in NATO&rsquo;s command structures at the highest level.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t\u00bb<em>Sarkozy&rsquo;s predecessor, Jacques Chirac, sought to rejoin NATO&rsquo;s military command, but in 1997 the Clinton administration rejected the conditions set by Paris. Sarkozy also seemed to put the onus not on France but on the United States.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t\u00bb<em>I would make progress on European defense a condition for moving into the integrated command, and I am asking our American friends to understand that, he said.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t\u00bb<em>He also made clear that in order to even consider returning to the fold, NATO&rsquo;s governing bodies would have to make considerable space for France.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t L&rsquo;Europe, c&rsquo;est simple,  la France doit y \u00eatre la premi\u00e8re parce qu&rsquo;elle est la premi\u00e8re, point final: \u00ab<em>I can&rsquo;t be criticized for wanting first place for France.<\/em> [] <em>If France doesn&rsquo;t take the lead, who will?<\/em>\u00bb. Cette affirmation ne va pas n\u00e9cessairement ravir les partenaires europ\u00e9ens de la France, de m\u00eame que les demandes fran\u00e7aises sur l&rsquo;OTAN ne vont pas n\u00e9cessairement ravir les autres pays de l&rsquo;OTAN,  et les deux choses trouvent une \u00e9trange illustration dans les conditions p\u00e9remptoires et culott\u00e9es pour entrer dans l&rsquo;OTAN, qui concernent aussi l&rsquo;Europe. Pour que la France entre dans l&rsquo;OTAN et y joue un r\u00f4le pr\u00e9pond\u00e9rant, une d\u00e9fense europ\u00e9enne ind\u00e9pendante doit \u00eatre cr\u00e9\u00e9e, sous impulsion fran\u00e7aise cela va de soi. Cela revient \u00e0 rendre tout le monde responsable du retour de la France dans l&rsquo;OTAN  sauf la France, qui est pr\u00eate \u00e0 rentrer dans l&rsquo;OTAN dans un r\u00f4le essentiel et \u00e0 faire sous sa propre direction (de la France) une d\u00e9fense europ\u00e9enne ind\u00e9pendante; tout le monde responsable sauf la France, c&rsquo;est-\u00e0-dire: les membres de l&rsquo;OTAN en faisant une place pr\u00e9pond\u00e9rante \u00e0 la France et en acceptant une d\u00e9fense europ\u00e9enne ind\u00e9pendante, les Europ\u00e9ens de l&rsquo;UE en acceptant de faire une d\u00e9fense europ\u00e9enne sous la direction de la France, les USA en acceptant de faire une grande place \u00e0 la France dans l&rsquo;OTAN et en acceptant une d\u00e9fense europ\u00e9enne ind\u00e9pendante sous direction fran\u00e7aise. Le r\u00e9sultat ne serait pas loin de faire de la France le <em>leader<\/em> de l&rsquo;Europe et  le co-<em>leader<\/em> (bon prince: avec les USA) de l&rsquo;OTAN. Culott\u00e9, <em>indeed<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t Co-<em>leaders<\/em> avec les US, effectivement, puisque, pour justifier son amour des USA, Sarkozy met simplement la France et les USA sur le m\u00eame plan : \u00ab<em>Accused of being too enamored of all things American, he put France and the United States on an equal footing and as somehow better than many others, because they believe that their values are universal and therefore destined to radiate throughout the world. The Germans, the Spaniards, the Italians, the Chinese, by contrast, do not think that way, he said.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t Un dernier mot pour les Am\u00e9ricains qu&rsquo;on adore, <em>indeed<\/em>; Sarko tient \u00e0 conserver le potentiel de sa r\u00e9putation d&rsquo;ami des Am\u00e9ricains apr\u00e8s avoir montr\u00e9 qu&rsquo;il entend d\u00e9fendre les int\u00e9r\u00eats de la France comme les dirigeants US d\u00e9fendent ceux des USA, et confirmant ainsi le diagnostic d&rsquo;Am\u00e9ricain manqu\u00e9 d&rsquo;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dedefensa.org\/article.php?art_id=4373\" class=\"gen\">Adam Gopnik<\/a>: \u00ab<em>I want to tell the American people that the French people are their friends, he said. We are not simply allies. We are friends. I am proud of being a friend of the Americans. You know, I am saying this to The New York Times, but I have said it to the French, which takes a little more courage and is a little more difficult. I have never concealed my admiration for American dynamism, for the fluidity of American society, for its ability to raise people of different identities to the very highest levels.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tLe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dedefensa.org\/article.php?art_id=4456\" class=\"gen\">sc\u00e9l\u00e9rat<\/a> Sarko ne manque pas de souffle. Avec cette interview, il nuance beaucoup de chose, comme on l&rsquo;a dit, \u00e0 sa mani\u00e8re, d&rsquo;une fa\u00e7on radicale. Il a d\u00fb entendre le vent des sondages et l&rsquo;agacement g\u00e9n\u00e9ral en France pour des initiatives jug\u00e9es trop pro-US; d&rsquo;o\u00f9 des mises au point sur l&rsquo;OTAN et sur l&rsquo;Iran et la mise en sc\u00e8ne d&rsquo;un Kouchner qui pourrait d\u00e9couvrir qu&rsquo;il va servir dans ce gouvernement de paratonnerre et de souffre-douleur pour tout ce qui sera consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme trop pro-US dans la conduite des affaires.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><p>\tMis en ligne le 24 septembre 2007 \u00e0 15H41<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L&rsquo;habilet\u00e9 politicienne de Sarko \u00e9tant ce qu&rsquo;elle est, le pr\u00e9sident fran\u00e7ais manuvre joliment pour nuancer des positions politiques dont il mesure qu&rsquo;elles ont peut-\u00eatre \u00e9t\u00e9 trop loin et pour en nuancer d&rsquo;autres, d\u00e9j\u00e0 populaires, en les radicalisant. Somme toute, il a d\u00e9couvert l&rsquo;art de la nuance radicale. C&rsquo;est un produit d&rsquo;\u00e9poque. 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