An observation on the French "re-examination" by the usual suspects. The French elites are the French elites and they haven't changed since 1789. The constant attention to the 14,000 plus deaths in a surprise heat wave with temps not seen in one hundred years, in fact not within twenty degrees of this heat wave for a century, would wreck any country. Just count our deaths if 20 degree temps hit Los Angeles uninsulated homes for a two weeks. Or Chicago got hit with a minus 10 degrees for a month. It was a surprise. The EU is not at fault. Socialism has nothing to do with it. It was the heat, stupid.