Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: The French Connection

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When James Altucher from Stockpickr.com recently asked people their top picks for a country to invest in, Jim Cramer responded with France.

"France, of all places, is the best market in the world because of Nicolas Sarkozy," he told viewers of his "Mad Money" TV show Wednesday. Although everyone expected him to give a "standard" BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India or China) answer, Cramer explained that Brazil is too levered to the U.S. economy, he doesn't trust the accounting in Russia or China, and India has moved too much.

Meanwhile, Cramer believes that Sarkozy could "single-handedly" turn France into the best market in the world if he wins the presidential elections. It would be a win of the "capitalist counterrevolution," Cramer said.

With the strength Cramer sees in some of these French stocks, "this is the France of equality and profitability," he said. "We're about to have the right man running France," and to celebrate, Cramer gave viewers two stocks to play "the most exciting market in the world."

The first incursion into the French market, he said, is CGG Veritas (CGV Quote), an oil patch play.

The company is involved with geophysical services, which means that it maps the land for oil exploration companies to let the drillers know where they should be digging. CGG Veritas is also the largest supplier of the equipment used to find the land and map it, Cramer said.