MORE THAN JUST THE CHEESE STINKS IN FRANCE

UK TELEGRAPH:

'Corruption is still rife at top level of French government'

The French judge who first uncovered the corruption scandal engulfing the country's most senior politicians has claimed that bribery and cronyism are still rife at the highest levels of government. Eric Halphen, whose investigations into kickbacks from public works programmes led to a number of President Jacques Chirac's closest allies going on trial last week, said that the prosecutions "in no way" signalled an end to the corruption that has blighted French politics for decades.

The whole French government stinks - from Elysee to Matignon to the ENA! Unless and until the French make a clean sweep, they're condemned to continued mediocrity and corruption and evermore weakness politically and economically on the international scene. Their only hope at this time is that Sarkozy will win in the next election, and that he can keep the country propped up until Sabine Herold is ready to become their Thatcher.

(BTW: Cheese is the only stinky thing in France that's good!)