There is no excuse for anti-semitism, no. I have no knowledge of this issue but trust Mike to report accurately so... I have to agree. And I am sure everyone here knows I m a Francophile too :)

Dana

>That is shocking. I have to agree with your assessment. I am a Francophile,
>but when it comes to anti-semitism and the dark side of French politics and
>thought it cannot be taken lightly or excused.
>-Pat
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>http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/25
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>Standing before the EU parliament in Brussels on May 16 2001, French EU
>parliamentarian Paul Marie Couteax made a stunning statement. After
>condemning
>Israel's actions to defend itself against Palestinian terrorism as the
>"theocratic excesses of this religious state," Couteax declared that Europe
>should supply the Arab world with nuclear weapons. In his words,
>
>"I have no hesitation in saying that we must consider giving the Arab side a
>large enough force, including a large enough nuclear force, to persuade
>Israel
>that it cannot simply do whatever it wants. That is the policy my country
>[France] pursued in the 1970s when it gave Iraq a nuclear force."
>
>This is a Google search on the same topic. Looks like it didn't get a lot of
>airplay. Is there any official EU archive site?
>http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/26
><http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/26>
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