Axel Veiel
Axel Veiel (b. 1953) is France correspondent for the Frankfurter Rundschau and the Berliner Zeitung.
Updated: 19 October 2010
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By Axel Veiel
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France: This isn't just about pensions
19 October 20102011 Frankfurter Rundschau Frankfurt
The people of Sedan, in northern France, have offered futile resistance to the Germans in three wars, from Bismarck to Hitler. Now, a journalist searching for the French-German reconciliation celebrated in the 50th anniversary of the Elysée Treaty, finds a community broken by poverty, that has nothing to keep alive but the ghosts of the past. 
What with service stations out of petrol, protesters setting cars on fire, schools closed, the mass demonstrations against the pension reform are plunging France into chaos. But it’s not just about pensions: the people are up in arms about what many consider an unjust system.