Congrats. Nice oped. How on earth did you get it onto the WSJ op-ed page?  Not exactly where I'd expect to see a rational analysis of France (as opposed to the news part which tends to be quite good).
A question, what sort of economic reforms do you think France needs to get unemployment down?
As for sick man of Europe - wouldn't that be Italy? Everything I read about it seems to indicate both its politicians and its economy are in pretty bad shape.