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

ECONOMIST: France

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

ECONOMIST: A row over Pentecost further sours the French public's mood

Poles like to imitate the French in many things, not least in their passion for protest in the streets.

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