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Wed 12 Dec 2009Public debate on immigration turns out to be very French affair
Town hall meetings have been taking place across the country to discuss what it means to be French, writes RUADHÁN MAC CORMAICin Strasbourg
THE STALLS of the Christmas market were shutting down for the evening and the icy chill left most of the old town deserted and still, but at the préfecture off Place Broglie, the biggest show in town was just getting under way. Dozens queued at the gates in the hope of a late ticket. Photographers snapped and doormen shook their heads and any innocents passing by must have wondered what class of celebrity had found himself holed up in Strasbourg’s anonymous seat of provincial administration.
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