French cabinet resigns ahead of Sarkozy reshuffle

France's cabinet has stepped down in preparation for a planned reshuffle by President Nicolas Sarkozy.

In a statement, Mr Sarkozy's office said he had accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Francois Fillon and his other ministers. The move, described by analysts as a formality, allows Mr Sarkozy to appoint new ministers without first having to dismiss those holding posts.

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Is this evidence that protesting can make a difference? I really hope that this works out well for the French people, the rest of the world needs a model to follow. This is breaking news, so it will be interesting to see which way it goes and who will be chosen to replace the cabinet.

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I wonder did the french ever work out what happened to there football team over last year.

Already posted earlier by me!
Just wanted to get that out of the way!

Originally posted by kyle43
Is this evidence that protesting can make a difference? I really hope that this works out well for the French people, the rest of the world needs a model to follow. This is breaking news, so it will be interesting to see which way it goes and who will be chosen to replace the cabinet.

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From your own headline though:

The move, described by analysts as a formality, allows Mr Sarkozy to appoint new ministers without first having to dismiss those holding posts

Sounds like soup du jour here. I'm of the opinion that general protesting does very little other than to piss of the very people who may agree with you in principle. However a violent protest is another story.

brill