Iqela leengcaphephe ze-right 'declin-ologists'(1), liqhutywa luloyiko lomkhuhlane weentaka, lifumanise i-France njengento ephilayo ekuweni kwaye ifuna unyango olungxamisekileyo. Iziganeko zamva nje ziye zaqinisekisa ukungabi nathemba kwaye, ngokubethelela imbono yamaziko e-meltdown, abe negalelo kwi-malaise jikelele. Ngo-2004 ityala lomtyholwa ngokuxhaphaza abantwana ngokwesini kwidolophu esemantla e-Outreau lajika laba yintlekele yenkundla namajelo eendaba. NgoFebruwari 2005 iNdlu yoWiso-mthetho yeSizwe yawisa umthetho ofuna ukuba izifundo zesikolo zithathele ingqalelo ‘indima entle’ edlalwe bubukoloniyali baseFransi (2). Ukupheliswa kwenqwelo-moya ethwala i-asbestos e-Clemenceau kwaba yingxaki. NgoNovemba ophelileyo kuye kwabakho udushe kwiindawo ezihlwempuzekileyo ezijikeleze izixeko zaseFransi. Ingxabano malunga neekhathuni zikaMuhammad kunye nokubulawa okothusayo komYuda osemncinci, u-Ilan Halimi, kuye kwaqinisa amahlelo. Urhulumente sele eqalisile ukwenza ishishini labucala kwiGaz de France.
Abaprofeti bentshabalalo bathi babona imvakalelo yonxunguphalo oluhlangeneyo, yabonakaliswa ngoMeyi ka-2005 xa iFransi yavota ngokuchasene nomgaqo-siseko waseYurophu. Ngokutsho kwengcali ephambili yokuyeka ukugula kwezifo, uNicolas Baverez: ‘IFransi iye yarhoxa kwigquba lenkohlakalo nobuxoki . . . apho abezobupolitika bayala ukuthetha inyaniso. Boyika ukuba xa bathe bazisa uhlaziyo kuya kubakho uhlaziyo. Kodwa kanye kanye kukungabikho kohlaziyo olubangela uhlaziyo'(3).
Ukunyanga oko uBavarez akuchaze ‘njengeFransi egulayo kwiYurophu ewohlokileyo’, yena namanye amakholwa banethemba yaye bathandazela ‘uhlengahlengiso’ olukhululekileyo.
Eqinisekile ukuba yonke into efunekayo kukucofa iqhosha elifanelekileyo, kudala befuna ukurhoxiswa kolawulo lwemarike yabasebenzi. Inkulumbuso, uDominique de Villepin - owayila igama elithi declinologist - uva uxinzelelo. Enovelwano kwisityholo sika-Baverez sokuba ‘uyamelana noBush kodwa wabhukuqa esebenzela imibutho yabasebenzi’, ubonakala egqibe ekubeni abhubhe kudidi lwabalawulayo kunye nohlengahlengiso lwengqesho ekugqibeleni.
Umyalelo wakhe wokuqala, iSivumelwano esitsha seNgqesho (CNE), saphuthunyiswa kwipalamente ehlotyeni edlulileyo kwaye yaqala ukusebenza ngo-1 Septemba. Ichaphazela iifemu ezinabasebenzi abangaphantsi kwama-20, iipesenti ezingama-66 zamashishini aseFransi, kwaye eyona nto intsha ibalaseleyo kukukhululeka okunokwaphulwa ngayo. Njengomhloli wezabasebenzi uGérard Filoche, echaza: ‘Izisa ilungelo elitsha lokugxothwa: unokugxotha nabani na nangaliphi na ixesha nangaso nasiphi na isizathu, ngaphandle kokulandela nayiphi na inkqubo esesikweni kwaye ngaphandle kwalo naliphi na ilungelo lokubhena’(4).
Yahlangabezana neemfuno ekudala ikho kubaqeshi yaza yahlangabezana nenkcaso ephakathi kuphela. Ngoko uVillepin wagqiba kwelokuba aqhubeke. NgoFebruwari iSivumelwano sokuQala seNgqesho (CPE) savotelwa ngepalamente kungekho ngxoxo yokwenene. Lo mthetho usebenza kwabo bangaphantsi kweminyaka engama-26 abasebenzela iinkampani ezinabasebenzi abangaphezulu kwama-20. Njengaphantsi kwe-CNE, abaqeshi banokusiphelisa isivumelwano nangaliphi na ixesha kwiminyaka emibini yokuqala ngaphandle kwengcaciso ebhaliweyo.
U-Villepin wazama ukusebenzisa izidubedube zikaNovemba ka-2005 njengesizathu salo mthetho ungaqhelekanga, ngenxa yokuba kukho imfuneko engxamisekileyo yokukhuthaza abaqeshi ukuba bathathe abantu abatsha abangaqeqeshwanga. Ingxabano ayizange ilahlekise mntu. Inkcaso, okokuqala ngabafundi, emva koko ivela kwimibutho emikhulu yabasebenzi, yayixhaphakile yaye ikrakra. Iimeko zezopolitiko kunye nezomfuziselo. Umbutho wabasebenzi baseFransi kwanyanzeleka ukuba uzijonge emva kokoyiswa okukhulu kumthetho wepenshini ngoJulayi 2003. Abantu baye baqaphela ukuba xa benikezela ngeCPE njengoko benzayo kwi-CNE, bayishiya indlela evulekileyo yokudilizwa ngokupheleleyo. yekhowudi yabasebenzi, eneziphumo zexesha elide ngokwemiqathango yokuguquguquka, ingqesho engakhuselekanga.
Kunokuba ibe ‘yindoda egulayo yaseYurophu’ ebonwa lilungelo, iFransi yomelele ngokwaneleyo ukuxhathisa iinzame zokuthinjwa ngamaziko emali.
Phantse ngokukhethekileyo eYurophu, uninzi lwabarhola imivuzo yaseFransi balichasa ngokukrakra ilinge likarhulumente lokuzihlamba izandla zabo kwaye bavumele ukudityaniswa kwehlabathi okungathintelekiyo kubasebenzele kushishino. Olu tshintsho kubudlelwane phakathi kwamandla ezopolitiko kunye noluntu lunokuthetha ukuphela kombuso wentlalontle. I-CPE yinxalenye yephulo lokutshabalalisa ingqiqo yobumbano loluntu oluphakathi kwesazisi saseFransi. Yiloo nto kukho inkcaso engaka. Kwaye kutheni iFransi ivukela.
Iguqulelwe nguDonald Hounam
(1) Phakathi kwabanye, uNicolas Baverez (umbhali weLa France qui tombe), uMichel Camdessus (owayengumlawuli weBhanki yaseFransi), umphathi wentengiso uChristophe Lambert, umbhali-mlando uJacques Marseille kunye nombhali u-Alain Minc: bonke abanxulumano abasondeleyo kumphathiswa wezangaphakathi, UNicolas Sarkozy.
(2) Ngomhla wesi-4 kweyoMdumba uMongameli uChirac wacela esi senzo sibhalwe ngokutsha, ngesizathu sokuba ‘sahlula iFransi’.
(3) L'Express, Paris, 12 January 2006.
(4) http://www.legrandsoir.info/article.php3?id_article=2473
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