Oct 6, 2009
THE FEARFUL FRENCH
Can a nation lose its self-confidence? Stephanie Rozes, a French political analyst, believes that it can:
The French say that now they are happy, but when you ask them about the future they are pessimistic. They feel they are not in control of their destiny. For the past 15 years, the French have been convinced that tomorrow will be worse than today. They want to conserve the present.
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