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Riots and violence work!

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Chirac scraps youth job law. Let's all torch the streets of Paris and claim more, more more of whatever they'll give us!

Rioting works!

European Union

The EC comes to the rescue in France:

France has been offered 50m euros ($59m; £34m) by the European Union to help recover from more than two weeks of rioting in poor city suburbs.

European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso said up to 1bn euros could be made available eventually for job creation and to help social cohesion.

It's no surprise that the EU can easily be influenced by violence, fraud and threats, but one billion in return for the destruction of schools, buses and private property? That's certainly not bad!

Maybe we should have some riots here in Holland as well. I could use some money to throw some parties and improve the "social cohesion" with my own neighbours.

"About normal"

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National Police Chief Michel Gaudin in The Guardian on the current state of affairs in France:

The number of vehicles burned overnight across the country climbed slightly to 502 from 463 the previous night, police said Saturday. The recent figures are down sharply from the peak of the violence.

"We returned to an almost normal situation in Ile de France," said Gaudin, referring to the Paris region. He said that 86 vehicles were burned, which he said was about normal.

Depends on what you want to call normal. Seriously. Normal?! Are the French completely out of their mind? (Don't answer that.)

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