French Flee Their Stagnant Economy

Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:02 PM EDT

<p>A woman fishes near the ferry terminal of Calais, northern France, Dec. 20, 2006. France is now on the cusp of change, choosing a new president who will be expected to yank the state-dependent economy out of its doldrums, but probably won't. Calais voters lean heavily left, and were among France's staunchest opponents of the European constitution, a strangely isolationist stance for a town that's been a continental crossroads for centuries. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)</p>

A woman fishes near the ferry terminal of Calais, northern France, Dec. 20, 2006. France is now on the cusp of change, choosing a new president who will be expected to yank the state-dependent economy out of its doldrums, but probably won't. Calais voters lean heavily left, and were among France's staunchest opponents of the European constitution, a strangely isolationist stance for a town that's been a continental crossroads for centuries. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

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