On June 16, President François Hollande was interviewed on M6, a network that aimed at 20-somethings. He listened to a story about Catherine, a recent graduate of the Institut d’Études Politiques (known as Sciences Po), who is moving to Australia because she can’t find a job despite having attended one of France’s top universities. Mr. Hollande then faced a blunt question. “What would you say,” the interviewer asked him, “if you had a youth in front of you who isn’t able to find a job and who’s losing hope?” Mr. Hollande’s answer was flaccid at best, a denial of reality at worst. “I’d tell this young person that France is your country. This country loves you,” he replied, as if reiterating the dated conviction that France has more to offer would be enough to make it come true.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:21:01 +0000
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