Crikey media wrap: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy unveiled their joint plan for strict debt discipline guidelines to help save the troubled currency.
French economy
The French Model: famous for finances, not fashion
For once, the French economic model isn’t being ridiculed, with France proving resilient amongst the GFC doom and gloom. But will they face a new debt crisis?
The grim reality that is France, happiness indexes notwithstanding
The French way of life can be as brutal and nasty as any other around the world and no amount of papering over with nice talk can avoid the facts.
