eversince it's been weakened by Chirac's various governments since 2002, the job creation has been much weaker

there may be no link

I think it would be better if Jerome came out and actually argued that there is causation, because then we'd have a falsifiable hypothesis, but he's being a politician. </snark>

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper