Is Jacques Chirac a conservative?

[Umengus]

1) The majority of corsicans want to stay french. Under Napoleon (a corsican man...), a guy who said that Corse was not in France had to be killed...

2)  It's difficult to say if Chirac is a conservative or not. That depends (maybe) on the prism which you use.

-Us Prism:
a) Gun problem: it's not a political problem in France. The current legislation is clearly gun control.

b) Gay marriage: Chirac was not very favorable to "PACS" (civil unions for all people) but today the right government (his government) is improving this pacs... But he stays against the gay marriage, as Lionel Jospin who was Prime minister during the adoption of the "PACS".

c) Chirac was Prime minister when the legislation ("loi Veil")was adopted. But he was personally against it. And I think that he's still against it but you can be against it without to want delete the abortion right.

d) Religion: Chirac is clearly a defender of the french concept of laicity. But he goes to church every week... (as only 10% of French people...)

-French prism:

a) economy: When he was Prime minister in 1986 for the second time, he privatized and liberalized lots of public compagnies. At that time, his model was Tatcher and Reagan. He wanted less taxes, more flexibility,... Today, I think that it's the same... But to be honest, socialist governments liberalized too...

b) In favor of The European Constitution and the entry of the Turkey in the EU.

c) Immigration: Against the illegal immigration.

d) social: Concept of "la fracture sociale" (social "division") developed in 1995 to win the presidential election. But in the fact, he doesn't care about inequalities between rich, middle, popular, and poor people.

e) values: Conservative values but he is able to move with his time...

Make you an opinion...

[Umengus]

Julien, first off a majority of the French people supported the Vichy government, at least initially.

a proof of that? no vote to support Vichy, no vote to support nazism,... France was just an occupied country.