As the left elsewhere in Europe modernises, the radical shift of France's Socialists looks odd.
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There are at last, however, some signs of a revival as rail modernises and deregulates.
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Long-time observers see the Bonn meeting as a last chance to create a central authority that gives the country coherence without repression and modernises without trampling traditional ways of life.