Tuesday, February 14, 2006

French swing behind Sarko's revolution / Sunday Times, 12 Feb 2006

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2036103,00.html
Matthew Campbell,
"On one level France seems healthy enough — it has the highest birth rate in Europe — but this does not stop the French being miserable, particularly as they come to accept that their beloved lifestyle may have to change under a more competitive “Anglo-Saxon” economic model. Their suicide rate is three times higher than Britain’s and they are the biggest consumers of anti-depressants in the world. "