The Scotsman astounds with Self-doubt leaves French feeling down in the mouth:
IT IS official: the French are a nation of depressed pessimists, wracked with self-doubt and unable to see a positive future.Gosh, how can that be? They have so much cheese to go with their plentiful whine!
This gloomy portrait of the current state of Gallic morale - or rather the lack of it - was made public yesterday in a damning report by France’s prefects, the country’s top administrators.More handwringing by following the link, but I think it's great that the Frenchies have a national bureaucracy that measures their moodiness. I don't know why they're so grumpy, though. There's plenty of humor coming from over there.
"The French no longer believe in anything," the report said. "That is the reason that the situation is relatively calm, for they believe that it is not even worthwhile expressing their opinions or trying to be heard any more."
The country’s 100 prefects went on to use the words "lifelessness", "resignation", "anxiety" and "pessimism" to describe the attitudes they believe prevail in France today.
