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Can this 'little general' really change the face of France?



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Published Date: 27 March 2008
By ALLAN MASSIE
Nicolas Sarkozy talks about modernisation. His predecessors did, too, but only one of them really achieved it, writes ALLAN MASSIE
'ALL my life I have made for myself a certain idea of France" – the opening line of General de Gaulle's war memoirs is justly famous. His idea of France was very different from that of others, but, in making it, he wasn't unusual.

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  • Last Updated: 26 March 2008 8:28 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: France
 
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Hugo of Garven,

27/03/2008 17:14:56
"And lunch is still eaten in restaurants or the home, not at your desk."

If eating lunch at your desk is your idea of modernising then include me out. I did it for too long but now recognise it as an uncivilised way of life.

 

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