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Article: French Revolution, part 2.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- June 14, 2007
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For almost 25 years, stubbornly high French unemployment has stood out like the Eiffel Tower - but as a symbol of national shame, not pride. France's new president, Nicolas Sarkozy, says the problem is a creaking social-welfare system, and he's determined to fix it. He may well succeed where others have failed.
Not only did Mr. Sarkozy decisively win his April election, but his conservative party, the Union for a Popular Movement, or UMP, surpassed already upbeat expectations in the first round of parliamentary elections June 3. Even if voters have a change of heart before this Sunday's second and final round, the scrappy president will still have a strong ...