So Poland has a choice between "pro free-market" and "conservative law and justice"? Sounds like they don;t have much of a downside.

Unlike places like france or germany, where they have a choice between loonie-lefty and lefty-loonie.

GO POLAND!
(no, I'm not Polish)

Such a pity, Donald didn't win... and one more time there goes populism and fear.
http://mon-candidat-liberal-tusk.neufblog.com/moncandidatliberaltusk/2005/10/ajoutons_nos_vo.html#comments
Thanks for advertising my blog. In 5 days I've had 300 hundred clicks. So the thing is clear that French realy need a liberal candidate. I think in fact that citizens should complain to "60 millions de consommateurs" or "UFC-Que Choisir?": why don't we have any liberal offer, as we need it?
The protectionnism banner set by the "enarchie" must be very high, and you can get it: why should they let enter a product which will sink their market ?
If it comes more liberalism, it means less State and then unemployement for them...
So the french political market is desperate, maybe the WTO should consider its case.

Jean-Paul,

You're very welcome.

France certainly needs pro free-market "politicians", but there is an old saying that goes something like this: you tend to get the president/government that you deserve.
France desperately needs liberal (pro free-market) reforms, and above all to get rid of socialism if she hopes to survive, but that's not really what the French are asking for. On the contrary, they tend to ask for more and more state intervention. You underlined it yourself very well: How many pro free-markets Frenchmen opposed to 51% [a little less apparently] of pro free-markets Poles?

Would a pro free-market, pro-individual rights candidate in favor of a small government be elected? I highly doubt it.

in fact we're turning around. We have the president we deserve, and people are willing to more and more interventionism...Why is it so? Because till today, french weren't hungry- to the very contrary of the poles. And most people (not only the french, but humankind) are short term thinking. So for the french, it is not only a question of custom, it is a logical way of thinking.
In fact the better we could do is to offer a full week of coaching to every french citizen + one economical (on macro and micro) forum.
If I can add one more thing:
I've worked on the thema of GMO. Free-market, is like GMO. People don't want it since they're eating it everyday (at least the cattles). They only repeat what they've been said on it. And as they can't (it's not only the question of beeing in the head of Greenspan) verify by themselfs the advantages or the risks of it, people who are playing the fear's tune, have the whole boulevard for themselves.
That was the tune played by Kaczczynski and that's realy frightening. Because, it means that poles are already missing the help of State. The problem is in which way PIS and PO will fix a gvt.
And that new scenario puts European free-market in front of a realy big issue: how will it seduce European ?
Personnaly, I think that Europeans won't be willing for it, but will be obliged, if, as you said, "they hope to survive".
Such a pity that it first comes to the stomach before it gets into the brain!

Jean-Paul,

I hear you, but I'm afraid the French will be choosing to go further to the left before realizing the consequences.

I m afraid you're right. I hope you're wrong. But because, "nature hates emptiness", there must be and there will be a free-market party. This, I know for sure, and I'll tell you more. But maybe, you already know.

France (and Germany and while I'm at it, Canada) are all lost causes. They have to implode/collapse/die/whatever before they will have any sort of future at all.

http://www.thoseshirts.com/tour.html
To testify.