"Olivier Besancenot has set his sights a little higher. The young leader of France’s extreme left is hoping the strike will be the first step towards another French revolution as the recession bites and protests multiply across Europe’s second largest economy."

Hahahaha. Who wrote this? The Financial Times? Benny Hill?

I can tell you spirits in France are not going that high right now. Which is not to say, that we may go there in a few years time, when the full impact of the credit/debt crisis starts playing out. But then it will not only be France.

This country is more democratic and civilized than most and they already had their revolution in the past.