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by yardie 5472 days ago
They are into their 5th republic so the revolution wasn't that long ago.

The student protestors from the 60s are now retired or (even worse) running the government and they are the ones voting on these laws. Unfortunately, Sarkozy is far more popular than I would like him to be and his biggest political rival is sitting in NYC under house arrest.