Riots Reveal Challenges Facing France; the European Nation Is Confronting Hard Questions About Its Role in the World

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PARIS - France's iconic president, the late Gen. Charles de Gaulle, was fond of inspiring his nation by ending speeches with "Vive la Republique! Vive la France!"

Today France finds itself a nation wounded by successive crises that have stung the ego of a famously proud society and caused it to question its role in the world.

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Riots Reveal Challenges Facing France; the European Nation Is Confronting Hard Questions About Its Role in the World

In the spring, the rejection by French voters of a European Union constitution prompted a searing debate about whether the country can remain relevant in an age of globalization. In the summer, Paris - once the favo...

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