Le SystemThe political map of France and the distribution of her basic political allegiances have changed surprisingly little since the French Revolution.Indeed, some of the current slogans on parade date back to that Revolution. Barring Napoleon, France has been psychologically polarised for two centuries – as if in a time warp.Consequently, at least 90 per cent of French public politics appears to outsiders as attitudinising and street theatricals; the blowing of rusty bugles and the shouting …
