Word: decen
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...Nantes, Blanc sounded his call for a "legal revolution" to "reverse France's decline and release its shackled potentials" by reducing the size, cost, and intrusiveness of the French state in daily life and business. Blanc also argues that electing more ordinary citizens to office and a greater decen- tralization of power to regional and local authorities would provide fresh, innovative thinking for a country currently dominated by a "close-minded political élite" and a "cult of the all-powerful state." His immediate goal is to make his radical reform program an issue of wider public debate...
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