Revolution In France?

Now, A French Spring? -- Michel Gurfinkiel, PJ Media

Is France poised for a revolution?

Less than one year after François Hollande’s election as president and the stunning victory of his socialist supporters at the National Assembly, there is a widespread feeling in France that his administration is doomed. According to the latest poll released by Journal du Dimanche on April 21, 74% of the French now entertain bad opinions about Hollande as president, whereas only 25% still support him. These represent the worst figures ever for a head of state at the same point in his mandate since the founding of the Fifth Republic in 1958.

The French media wonder whether such discontent may lead to a constitutional crisis — or even a revolution. A French Spring. “Is this 1789?” asked Le Point, a right-of-center magazine. This is a reference to the Great Revolution of 1789 that terminated the Old Regime not just in France, but all over continental Europe. Le Point’s cover featured Hollande as Louis XVI, with a white wig and surrounded by bloodthirsty sans-culottes.

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Update: Why France's gay marriage debate has started to look like a revolution -- John Laughland, The Spectator

My Comment: I live in the Canadian french province of Quebec, and I have been startled on how many young entrepreneurs in the web/tech field that I have met in the past year who have moved from France recently (my business associate is an angel investor who supports web projects, and it is through him that I have met these people).

They all tell me the same thing .... the state controls everything ..... the rules and regulations tell you what to do, and the taxes tell you what you can earn .... an environment that I know for an entrepreneur is a death sentence .... hence they are all leaving. Rule of thumb .... when your entrepreneur class is leaving your country en masse, there is no way that your society can grow economically or prosper.

The media focus is on the French state legalizing gay marriage and the opposition to it .... but France's problems are economic and a mindset among many that the state can solve the problems. But it is not working .... and now a growing number are making their dissent public and very vocal .... especially among the young who now realize that they cannot find a well paying job unless someone they know can get them a government job.