France Comes Unglued, Again

American liberals have often looked to France for a model of what they would like to see in the United States: universal health care; low-cost day care; affordable universities; strong worker protections; sacrosanct social benefits; high taxes; large investments in green energy; a secular republic in a multicultural society; constrained defense budgets, modest economic growth but lots of joie de vivre.

For a long time that model seemed almost plausible. Not anymore.

What has unfolded in France in recent weeks — student protests against deteriorating schools turning into mass........

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