[itsinthebag]

In order for French society to provide the same changes and opportunities to all its citizens, said de Villepin, 30 billion euros will be spent in France's riot zones, with the focus primarily on helping young people.

Spend 30 billion? And then what? Throwing money in this sinkhole didn't work before, it won't work now.

[ncountylee]

600 (if CNN can be believed) cars burned along with the subway shut down in Lyon is hardly a quite evening.