News just in from France. The President is unpopular; the people are revolting; mainstream politicians are scorned; the Far Right is rising. The government is accused of breaking its promise to hasten "change". At the same time, a majority of French people applaud protest against the change for which they voted.
It is déjà vu all over again.
Three years ago, President Nicolas Sarkozy claimed to have abolished the perverse rules of modern French politics. He promised "rupture" with the muddled recent past. He promised never to retreat in the face of popular anger.
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