Read one (informed) opinion that French society is a power struggle between three factions now.
The immigrants, the left leaning Paris elite, and "ordinary France" -- those who live in smaller cities and the countryside.
The elite play the police, praising them when they bash heads of people like the working people protesting the arbitrary increase in the pension age, and castigating them when there is an incident with an immigrant youth who had already been in court 15 times.
The elite aren't large in number but still control the police, the army, the media, and various powers among the commercial sector. Lets them get away with a lot.
Cheers
The immigrants, the left leaning Paris elite, and "ordinary France" -- those who live in smaller cities and the countryside.
The elite play the police, praising them when they bash heads of people like the working people protesting the arbitrary increase in the pension age, and castigating them when there is an incident with an immigrant youth who had already been in court 15 times.
The elite aren't large in number but still control the police, the army, the media, and various powers among the commercial sector. Lets them get away with a lot.
Cheers
Fire In The Hole