Anti-French sentiments expanding in Eastern Europe
Resentment of France is growing in Eastern Europe where French policies are perceived to be anti-American and undermining the European Union's cohesion. Diplomats describe the mood as "Francophobia" and attribute it to various statements by French President Jacques Chirac and to the rejection by French voters of the proposed European constitution. According to one assessment, "The vast majority of people in Eastern and Central Europe is highly critical of French diplomacy. They consider the United States to be the big winner of the Cold War and the most influential power in the world." According to Polish sources, suggestions have been posited in the former communist countries for a more balanced policy by the EU that would see the United States as a partner, not as a competitor. At the same time the decline of the use of the French language across the entire continent and particularly in EU institutions has caused concern in France. In 1986, before EU expansion, 58 percent of the documents issued by the European Commission were initially written in French. The figure dropped to barely 20 percent after the recent expansion to 25 members. Among east and central Europeans active in EU institutions, 62 percent claim to speak English, 48 percent German and only 7 percent French.
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robertinarabia,
During the cultural revolution of the 60's, schools in the U.S. from pre-school through graduate school, were co-opted by the hippy-dippy moonbats and are now in the vise-like grip of the far leftwing teachers unions who virtually control Democratic politics.
No longer are children taught reading, writing and 'rithmetic, nor are they taught history, geography, civics, literature and their own culture.
The schools are a massive propaganda mechanism were students are taught, confirmed by the media, that all the problems around the world are caused by American imperialism and corrupt and greedy American corporations and the worst villains of this massive assault on the planet are rightwing fundamentalist Christians.
As for francophobia in Eastern Europe, they can't ignore what's in front of their eyes, although you have to give credit where credit is due, French schools teach the basics even if with a leftward tilt.
"The result is a generation of Students with no real ability to carry on the U.S. tradition of leadership in technology."
Increasingly American parents are sending their children to private schools or doing home-schooling. Some states have charter schools, but it's a hit or miss proposition for them; they can be as bad as the worst public school are as good as a good private school.
So what you have is not an unable generation, but a generation with a smaller pool of capable people able to take the future reins.
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