Exactly, this action means the situation in France is beyond serious. We may see a few skirmishes this weekend, but major actions are planned for next week by the Unions.
Sarkozy knows this and is trying to get some level of control NOW, because if the Union threats are real and based on the current action there is little doubt these are empty threats...France will burn like nothing we've seen in the past few years.
I've been posting stuff the last few days as extended news, but I put this in Breaking as it is being grossly under reported. Sarkozy and France are in real, real trouble.
This is a real showdown. Left vs the State.
You are correct, the US National news is treating these like mere soccer riots....