France's Spaced-Out Electoral Debate

Here is a well-meant word of advice for France's presidential hopefuls: kindly return from whatever planet you are on as soon as possible. France needs you to lead an honest debate on the challenges facing the nation.

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is waning, and there's a deeply felt public malaise that is reflected in the bad poll numbers of political leaders, as well as in the sales of pessimistic books...

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