Why are the French so fed up and so ready to protest at the ballot box?

为何法国人尽显厌倦并且下定决心要与投票箱过不去呢？

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The French actor Gerard Depardieu who's accepted a Russian passport in protest at a proposed wealth tax in France has visited the harsh central Russian region of Mordovia.

为抗议法国拟议的财富税而接受俄罗斯护照的法国演员杰拉尔·德帕迪约现已到达俄罗斯的摩尔多瓦。

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Finally, you 'dare' to burn the Dutch flag in protest of the French.

你敢于烧荷兰国旗来警告法国。

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In other words, the French temperamentally liked the idea of protest, not least as a way of snubbing Mr Sarkozy.

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So rocked were the French by the canicule that the plan passed with little protest.

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