FRANCE

Global citizenship

1. What was the last conflict your country was involved in? Does it currently have any negative relations with other nations?
Frances last recorded conflict was on Tuesday, March 18, 2008. The conflict was on the street as protesters want to boycott the Beijing Olympics. France has become involved in the freedom of the Tibetan people in China but China is refusing to listen. The Dalai Lama has spoken that the Tibetan people don’t need help from the French government because they believe that they can fix the problem without any help. The French government has become involved because there had had been reports of said 13 people have been killed by gang related violence in the main city of Lhasa. Tibetan exiles have pegged the death rate at 80 protesters, and blamed the government of China.
2. Outline the political situation in your country (this can be given in a timeline). How stable is your nation? What type of government is in charge of your country? What is its rank on the corruption index (look this up on transparency international)?
France is a stable country, but there are still lots of arguing going on due to the elections and immigrant issues. The president today is Nicolas Sarkozy, the most popular president that has run in France. He has changed a lot of bad things that previous presidents started. The presidents before have spoken to the public that Sarkozy should change the way he runs France but the people like his methods and is not listening to the former presidents. Sarkozy has said to the people that the old presidents are only saying what they like and not what any other people like. The immigrants that have come in to France is, because of what the old presidents have said. The immigrants refused to show his ticket. The officers claim the 33-year-old man “attacked staff”, while witnesses declared he was “manhandled.” The immigrant that did this was sent to Gare du Nord police station to wait on to see what was going to happen.

The government in France is a democratic Republic. The republic government is a representative democracy in which the people elected deputies representatives not the people themselves, vote on legislation. The power that France has is Executive president, chief of state, prime minister, Head of government, and the Legislative bicameral Parliament with 577-members and the National Assembly 319 member Senates. The corruption index is France is Ranked 19th out of 179 countries which is good for France.
19 France 7.3 6 6.9 – 7.8
3. Be critical: is your country a hindrance to global peace? Does your nation engage in ‘questionable’ activities? What is your nation’s reputation globally? Is it a pariah state or a global citizen? (You may use information derived from your interviews to address this question and the state of the world atlas).
France does have global peace with other nations. They are against war and they don’t want to be involved in any situation with war. When they get a chance to speak up for human rights they do. France’s reputation is good. France is known for how environmental friendly they are since there new president Sarkozy came on the scene. There was a time though when France was known for their emissions going in the air. This happened when the former president didn’t change much about France and he let the emissions so CO2 pour out into the environment rapidly. France got criticized as a bad nation and they needed to change. After the people had heard of this they elected a new president. The president was Sarkozy said that he would change France to get their good reputation back. When the former president of the United States Al Gore showed people what was happening to our earth, Sarkozy heard of his actions and then helped France change to become more environmental friendly. France is a global citizen, because France is a safe country with a government that doesn’t want to get involved with wars that are going on today. The country France isn’t dangerous at all they can keep a controlled nation and if there was an act of violence they would keep it under control
4. What is your nation’s human rights record? Check out how they are doing according to Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch and Transparency International.
France’s human rights record is at a low level. The human right in France has been good for a long time but recent news has said that France has violated human rights. The people that are affected by this have gone to court in April. When France started going against their rights they have failed to help out. The UN have came in to help out France get back their human rights so that they can help keep the risk of people going to court at a low time record. There were no reports that the government, police or the government agents were involved in any killings during the year. Police reportedly shot and killed one person during the same year. Again police were involved in traffic accidents resulting in three civilian deaths. On July 28th a police officer at the Parisian train station shot and killed a man who brandished and shot a pistol at three officers. The police carried out that they were shooting only for self-defense. Police in France were repeatedly committed of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman offences. The constitution and law prohibits such practices however, there were occasional accusations of police violence and use of excessive force in making arrests. On February 9 reports went out that two police officers were involved in the deaths of two teenagers. The deaths set off three weeks of urban rioting across the country. The officers were accused of not taking action to ensure the safety of the teenagers (Zyed Benna, 17, and Bouna Traore, 15,) who were electrocuted by a power transformer as they hid from the police in Clichy-sous-Bois.

5. Would you be proud to be a member of this country? Why or why not?
Yes, I would be a proud member of France, because France is a wonderful place to visit. There are many historic landmarks that are fantastic to see. The people of France are caring, the culture is amazing and every one gets along with each other. The best part of being a citizen in France is the great food they have and the huge monuments that are located in Paris and they are something out of this world. France is a safe country where as a citizen you are protected by human rights, and there government is not corrupt.
6. If you were a policy advisor to the leader of your country, what would you recommend to him/her to make your nation a better GLOBAL CITIZEN?
If I was a policy advisor for France, I would recommend that they should lower the nuclear power. There could be a dangerous spill and then there is a nuclear radiation leak because France is taking in so much energy that they could eventually lose in times to come. They should resort to better power sources like windmills, and water to generate power. The affect of the nuclear power is that the temperature in France has increased so the power factories are increasing because of how hot it’s getting and the energy consumption is at a high rate and could cause problems for France. The best solution that I would recommend is for the factories to maintain there power and don’t let it increase so it is over the standard rate for the power. The Solution for dropping the power could be that they build windmills so they can generate power efficiently and also using water generators could help the problem if it exceeds over the high mark