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Resilience reinforces the Gallic model

By Ross Tieman

Published: December 16 2009 23:23 | Last updated: December 16 2009 23:23

It is a vision thing. After two decades in the doldrums, France is finally building a new version of itself.

A slew of ambitious schemes have been unveiled, including the awesome “Grand Paris” project, plans for a €35bn “Great Loan” to fund investment in education and research, and further development of transport infrastructure.

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