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French ex-president Sarkozy begins jail sentence

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375 points begueradj | 1 comments | 22 Oct 25 05:49 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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dmead ◴[22 Oct 25 06:28 UTC] No.45665521[source]▶
The French understand how to run a society.
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rapsey ◴[22 Oct 25 06:30 UTC] No.45665538[source]▶
Politically deadlocked, failing economy, with the judiciary doing political dirty work?
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forgotoldacc ◴[22 Oct 25 06:38 UTC] No.45665598[source]▶
Seventh biggest economy with the 21st biggest population seems like an economy that punches above its weight. Plus a low GINI coefficient suggests there's less wealth divide than a lot of other places. Seems like they have a mature economy and don't need to grow forever like a tumor. Once you reach a certain point, optimizing for quality of life seems nice, and the French do seem to aim for that.
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1. alex_duf ◴[22 Oct 25 07:57 UTC] No.45666059[source]▶
I think unfortunately both can be true at the same time, politically deadlock AND punching above its weight.

There's a lot to fix in France, and a lot of things going well.