Northern France, in the Normandy region, is much different than Paris, where the "youth" uprisings have occured near the airport. I hope you're right.
-PJ
I visited Paris (and had a number of people say the same things there), Orlean, Topurs, Nantes, Brest, and Cherbourg.
Having said that, one of their obvious and clear problems, and one these people had no problem articulating about just like many of us speak out about our own similar immigration problem, is that they have a large population of muslims who are very restless.