In a recent survey France in response to: "Do you think that 2001 will be better or worse than 2010" only 15% thought it would be better. It was bottom of the league. UK was only somewhat better at 22%.
BEHIND the bustling terrace cafés and bright municipal blooms of springtime, France today is not a happy place. Tense, fearful and beset by self-doubt, the French seem in a state of defiant hostility: towards their president, political parties, Islam, immigrants, the euro, globalisation, business bosses and more. Such is France’s despondency that its people face “burnout”, said the national ombudsman recently; previously, he had described the nation as “psychologically exhausted”.
via economist.com
Cheer up!
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