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France is a country full of discontent and disillusion ahead of vote on EU constitution

Everything is going wrong for France. She is going through an economic and social crisis that is eating away at her spirit. Unemployment is above 10%. One young person in five is unemployed and people are pessimistic.

But France is suffering even more: she has an identity crisis. The country is built around the construction of the state but the market and civil society are challenging the nation's foundations. France is famous for her egalitarianism, but capitalism is creating inequalities.