I would not have thought, said the old lady, that the transfer of Andr? Malraux’s remains to the Panth?on would have caused the barricades to go up. The barricades are down now, the lorries are rolling again, and we have all had another opportunity to consider the profound mystery that is France’s European policy.
Is France about to explode? The answer is no-at least not in the traditional manner of 1848 or even 1968. But it is not unreasonable to ask the question. Things are being stretched.
President Jacques Chirac spends much of his time in conclave with Chancellor Helmut Kohl urging faster European integration, while on the streets three out of four people are said to support militant lorry drivers who were at least in part striking against the effects of European integration. Few doubt that a clear majority would now vote against Maastricht.
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