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April 24, 2012

France Throws Down the Gauntlet to Europe

Gideon Rachman, Financial Times

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This election has already revealed a deep French anxiety about globalisation, austerity and national identity that all candidates pandered to. That will be reflected in France's behaviour in Europe.

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