Nicolas Sarkozy says France has too many foreigners
Source: BBC News
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said there are too many foreigners in France and the system for integrating them is "working more and more badly".
In a TV debate, Mr Sarkozy defended his plan to cut the number of new arrivals in half if he is re-elected next month.
Mr Sarkozy is trailing in the opinion polls behind the Socialist candidate Francois Hollande.
He is also competing for conservative voters with the far-right National Front party led by Marine le Pen.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17280647
izquierdista
(11,689 posts)No irony to see here, just move along.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Hungarians are white, remember? What he really meant was that France has too many brown foreigners.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)He's half Hungarian and half Jewish.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)There are french Jews
DavidDvorkin
(19,483 posts)riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)Odin2005
(53,521 posts)sikorsky
(96 posts)libinnyandia
(1,374 posts)pampango
(24,692 posts)"He has often made controversial comments on race and immigration issues, sharply dividing opinion in France."