France Today: Le malade imaginaire?

Modern France, like the hypochondriac in Moliere's 17th century play, is convinced of numerous maladies afflicting its condition. The growth of an "excluded" underclass at home is accompanied by fear of increasing competition abroad. Like other mature democracies, France is suffering from agonies of self-doubt as it seeks to adapt to the 21st century and the realities of the global economy.

This briefing looks at France's position in Europe and the wider world, French politics and social strengths and weaknesses, and the battle to maintain and promote the riches of French culture and the French language against the encroaching tide of everything Anglo-Saxon.

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