Dans le dernier numéro de ‘Europe’s world’, Philippe Herzog, ancien député européen et actuel président du think tank français Confrontations Europe, se penche sur les défis auxquels la France est confrontée et sur les difficultés qu’elle éprouve à réformer son modèle.
Ever since its referendum on the constitutional treaty, France has been silent on European affairs, both at home and abroad.And when this spring the government tried, without prior consultation, to impose reform in the sensitive area of youth employment, it was its turn to be told “No” by the citizenry.
In other words, the country’s “republican monarchy” has today seemingly lost all authority, while French society is itself clearly in no mood for reform.
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