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French ex-president Sarkozy begins jail sentence

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383 points begueradj | 4 comments | 22 Oct 25 05:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.833s | source
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baggachipz ◴[22 Oct 25 12:56 UTC] No.45668359[source]▶
Imagine, a land full of mother sauces, divine cuisine and pastries, and a corrupt and sentenced felon actually facing (eventual) justice for the crimes they committed. This sounds like a magical land (all is relative).
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1. umanwizard ◴[22 Oct 25 13:44 UTC] No.45669066[source]▶
The fact that vastly more French people speak English than Americans speak French probably has a lot to do with it.
2. lowkj ◴[22 Oct 25 13:48 UTC] No.45669110[source]▶
I moved from the USA to France and your statement surprised me. Looking around for some data, I'm seeing around 4,600 French nationals who obtained U.S. permanent resident status compared to 13,000 issued to U.S. citizens by France. So about 3x more US -> France and rising.

https://schengenvisainfo.com/news/number-of-americans-moving... https://www.tresor.economie.gouv.fr/Articles/8c273940-72b7-4...

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3. baggachipz ◴[22 Oct 25 13:48 UTC] No.45669120[source]▶
Because a significant percentage of people in every country crave authoritarianism and grift?
4. nradov ◴[22 Oct 25 18:30 UTC] No.45673243[source]▶
On a per-capita basis there are far more people who were born in France now living in the USA than vice versa.

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/07/olympics-fren...

https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/3633212