"Politicus: A lethal ridiculousness in the European Union"
Europe has big problems that need to be addressed says John VINOCUR, and yet there are only signs of hard work to ignore those problems or to hide them behind mundane business.
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Monday, June 13, 2005
J'ai honte de mon pays
J'ai honte de mon pays
These were the words said to me three times yesterday by people trying to help me after being robbed at the Nice Airport. The woman who did the paperwork for my rental car (from a French/German company, Sixt) and two police officers were extraordinary in their efforts to respond.
The woman literally ran off in pursuit of one of the men in the two person team that robbed me. She was unsuccessful but amazing all the same.
The two policemen could not have been nicer, and wrote up a report that I think would have been the envy of many starving writers in France. An excellent description of what happened.
And, then, a Frenchman called today to say that his colleague had found the plastic (zip-lock) bag that was stolen, with some of the items still in the bag.
These were the words said to me three times yesterday by people trying to help me after being robbed at the Nice Airport. The woman who did the paperwork for my rental car (from a French/German company, Sixt) and two police officers were extraordinary in their efforts to respond.
The woman literally ran off in pursuit of one of the men in the two person team that robbed me. She was unsuccessful but amazing all the same.
The two policemen could not have been nicer, and wrote up a report that I think would have been the envy of many starving writers in France. An excellent description of what happened.
And, then, a Frenchman called today to say that his colleague had found the plastic (zip-lock) bag that was stolen, with some of the items still in the bag.
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