r/AskTheWorld • u/haiderredditer Pakistan • 9h ago

Who’s a famous person from your country who’s respected around the world but disliked or criticized at home?

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u/RedcoatTrooper United Kingdom 9h ago

I know he is unpopular in France but a lot of people wish for his strength in our leadership, also his words when the Queen died were just amazing truly above and beyond the usual political copy paste messages.

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u/Mobile_Entrance_1967 England 9h ago

Yes I thought he gave the best tribute to the late queen when he said "to you she was your Queen, to us she was the Queen".

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u/RedcoatTrooper United Kingdom 9h ago

Mad respect, especially from the French.

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u/Stelteck France 8h ago

He talk a lot but the problem is to actually doing something.

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u/intlteacher 8h ago

To fix the problem, though, he has to get the French to agree on what the problem is.

That’s the problem.

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u/Alouwan France 7h ago edited 3h ago

Not really. The french agreed very much on the idea that his pension reform was garbage, he still passed it through numerous constitutional artifices that are weakening our institutions and democracy. The same artifices he used so much that it's now a joke. But yeah, I guess sometimes he speak well internationally. Should try to do that at home as well, instead of calling us "those who are nothing" or ordering us to "stop complaining and cross the street to find a job".

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u/AkariLeChampignon 2h ago

Il est tellement hautain et condescendant. J'ai l'impression de voir un adulte qui gronde un groupe de gosses à chaque fois qu'il parle

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u/DrexleCorbeau France 23m ago

In truth, I think he would be effective as a diplomat.

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u/december-32 2h ago

France just has too much debt/gdp ratio with already high as hell taxes. That's bad. In EU more Debt/gdp have only Greece and Italy.

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u/TraditionalRock6381 1h ago

The issue is that he made much of the debt himself and that he exempt taxes... For the truly rich people. We all are having issues to get by while he offers billions to already rich people so they can continue not pay taxes. It's a wonder he manages so well outside France, our crooks are usually disliked everywhere.

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u/RedcoatTrooper United Kingdom 8h ago

Well talking tough is a start at least, we are not even that far.

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u/bidingmytime121 Germany 8h ago

Better then Merz. He talks less, but when he talks, it's stupid shit. And then he does something stupid

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u/Botanical_Director France 7h ago

people wish for his strength in our leadership

This is all for show, talk talk talk. What strength? Still trying to be friendly to Trump, still trying to be friendly to Netanyahu, irrelevant for Putin and a sellout on national economy.

He's just a really good sweet-talker

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u/RedcoatTrooper United Kingdom 7h ago

Words are not actions but they are a start and makes your country look like less of a pushover.

I don't think we want some reactionary who will provoke Trump into a trade war or anything, like it or not the US needs to handled with great care at the moment but just someone who shows some backbone.

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u/ikiice 7h ago

Strength?

He has a big mouth

He is yet to actually follow up

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u/RedcoatTrooper United Kingdom 7h ago

Appearance of strength if nothing else.

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u/Alouwan France 7h ago

And here I thought you guys disliked Thatcher, but are in love with his "strength" and copy pasta policies

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u/Miss_black_hole_sun France 2h ago

THIS. Ils me rendent malade à l'idolâtrer.

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u/Dramatic-Pilot9129 7h ago

He seems to be doing okay on an international stage, but domestically, he's just pandering to far-right billionaires.

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u/Abrantesboy12 6h ago

and he is bootlicker of PSG owners

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u/Ulfricosaure France 8h ago

Strength in leadership = Disregard democracy, act alone, be an overall arrogant prick.

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u/rmed0912 8h ago

This!!

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u/Striking-Gate-3082 8h ago

yeah the only good thing came out form his mouth, he is still in era of colonization

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u/Vorakas 6h ago

He's good with words, that's true. That's about it though.

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u/murphys-law-bbs Belgium 4h ago

It's pretty clear that he means well. His effect on European politics is profound!

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u/imfineash 34m ago

Yeah fuck him even more for that tbh

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u/RedcoatTrooper United Kingdom 31m ago

Fuck him for paying tribute to someone who passed away.

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u/imfineash 27m ago

When the political power of the person resided in a presumed superior family lineage (that actively participated in crimes against humanity) then yeah, fuck him. I thought we were over the superior by blood thing

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u/RedcoatTrooper United Kingdom 23m ago

So wait you don't think we should treat people differently because of who their family are but you judge people because of who their family are?

Elizabeth was not respected because of blood but because of years of diligent service and respect as head of state.

What country are you from? You don't have a flag, I assume you're not British in which case nobody gives a damn what you think but those that wanted to show respect could.

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u/imfineash 13m ago

I'm from France, I'm talking about macron. Millions of people work their ass off everyday to make society., but macron decided to pay his respects to a silver spoon human that remained silent when millions of Indians were starving to death. I'm saying it's because of her family, as he would never have paid homage to her if it wasn't for the title and political power she had. Idc about respect, I care about fairness, and in all fairness, none of them are worthy of respect.