Letter to President Obama from Pascal, Stéphane, and Aleks

February 12, 2009

Dear President Obama,

We are Pascal Prida, Stéphane Leloup, and Aleks Yeh. We live in Brunoy, a small town near Paris, in France, and we study English every week at a private language school called MyVoice. Our address is: MyVoice 49, rue du VIADUC 91800 BRUNOY, France.

Our teacher is American, and therefore we have spent a great deal of time learning about the American election process, and about you as well, President Obama. We would like to start this letter by congratulating you on your victory. We, in France, are very happy to have you as the leader of the American people.

We would also like to take this opportunity to express our concerns for the challenges ahead, and if you don’t mind, to share our viewpoints with you as well.

We will begin with the very important issue of the environment. This is a subject that is very close to our hearts. We believe that you must find a way to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. Indeed, the US government has not signed the Kyoto Treaty. Your predecessor, George Bush Jr., didn’t consider this an important thing to do for America, but you are different, and you know that our planet needs a common policy. We have to save our planet, and without your country, the United States of America, it will be impossible. You know that greenhouse gases are in the process of inflicting considerable damage throughout the world, and the U. S. is not foreign to this. We hope to see the U.S. government change this policy.

Furthermore, we are counting on you to influence the Americans to make very important lifestyle changes, to change their ways of over consummation and waste, and to become more environmentally conscience.

Indeed, your ability to strike a balance between domestic interests and foreign interests, particularly where ecology, energy, and industry are concerned will be one of your greatest challenges, which leads us to our next issue of concern.

According to us, one of the greatest challenges in our post-crisis world will be to gather the most powerful nations, and together, find agreements on how best to recreate the financial behaviors and to regulate the economy.

To finish, we would like to wish you luck on your challenges ahead. We are convinced you are a good man, and we sincerely hope you will manage to fulfill your promises and lead the world in the best possible way. It is very important for future generations.

We would be ever so honored to see you in France.

Thank you for taking the time to read our letter,
Pascal Prida, Stéphane Leloup, and Aleks Yeh

P.S. Our teacher told us that every letter sent to The President is read and answered. With that said, we wait your response with anticipation.