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...Bastille, but to last Sunday's storming of the Brazilian goal by France's World Cup soccer heroes, which brought 3 million people onto the streets of Paris. "This is the biggest thing that's happened since the liberation of Paris in 1944," says TIME Paris correspondent Bruce Crumley. "It has taken a nation that has been down in the dumps for six years and made them believe in themselves...
...play second fiddle today to Zinedine Zidane and the rest of the French team, but they're hoping World Cup euphoria will carry the nation through its social and economic Long March. "France has to go through some tough reforms in order to overcome economic stagnation," says Crumley. "This upsurge in patriotism, national unity and can-do sentiment will give them the confidence to face an uncertain future." But there's one aspect of the soccer celebration Chirac may prefer to ignore: the recurring chant of "Zidane for President...
...French workers are firing a warning shot across the government's bow, showing how disruptive they can be," says TIME correspondent Bruce Crumley. While most of the other strikers are simply beating their chests, the pilots have caused serious damage by grounding most flights of the tournament's official carrier. While a compromise is reportedly within sight, the situation remains unpredictable. "Everyone wants a resolution before next week when the tournament begins," says Crumley, "but it's hard to predict the behavior of people who are capable of such cynicism -- after all, these pilots are among the best-paid...
...Islamic Group. At least 60 members and sympathizers were arrested in what appears to be less of a response to a specific threat or conspiracy, but a pre-emptive strike designed to wrong-foot elements who might be planning a world cup terror campaign, says TIME Paris correspondent Bruce Crumley. ?France is sufficiently aware of the terrorist threat to have conducted this swoop to put groups prone to terrorist attacks on the defensive, attacking their infrastructure and disorganizing them,? says Crumley...
...Although the trial had been hailed as an opportunity for France to explore a shameful episode of its past, Crumley says ?the French remain in denial about a lot of things -- 15 percent of the population now votes for Le Pen, a man who says the gas chambers are a ?detail of history.?? And with the far right moving inexorably into France?s political mainstream, the issues at the heart of Papon?s trial are more current than ever...