...to French problems decades in the making.

Racism? Alienation? Benign neglect? Malefic neglect? The crack "new impulse" government, newly impulsed by a month of rioting, is now ready to tackle these decades-old French problems. Next year.

Bibbidi...

VILLEPIN NAMES 2006 'YEAR OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES'*

PARIS December 1, 2005 (AFP) - "2006 will be the year of equal opportunities, as a big national cause," [French Prime Minister Dom] told a media conference, flanked by his ministers for education, employment and social cohesion.

Talking about all the measures, and his aim to root them deeply in French society, the prime minister said that "sometimes it just needs a word to the person next to you, a look... an outstretched hand to change the course of a life."

And then sometimes it takes responsible government, sensible law, and the actual application of vaunted Republican principles in the life of the nation.

...bobbidi...

L’ÉGALITÉ DES CHANCES, GRANDE CAUSE NATIONALE EN 2006
"Nous avons devant nous une vraie opportunité."

...BO!

Imagine had the Jack pack only thought to wave its wand 1,000 days ago, or 100, or even August of this year, oh, what a super special place France would be today.

* Absolutely no Muslims sighted during the writing of this report.

PFFT (What is this?): Overnight wand waves 3 | Rayonnement français 0

Bonjour,

[M. Antibrits/Antiyankees has left another of his off-topic same-olds. In his frothing French. It has been deleted.

Joyeux Noël,
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