Well according to the BBC, an new book quotes Francois Hollande, the French President with some very reasonable views. Too bad he doesn't act on them.

In a collection of interviews just published by two Le Monde journalists, the French president unburdens himself, in astonishingly cavalier style, of a series of revealing jibes:
The justice system is full of "cowards"
There are "too many" immigrants
There is a "problem" with Islam
Footballers need "brain-building"
Intellectuals are "not very interested in the idea of France"
There's more. Presidential predecessor and Republican candidate Nicolas Sarkozy is a "crude mini-De Gaulle" and a "Duracell rabbit". The Greens are a "cynical pain in the butt" and left-wing rebels are a "crowd of idiots".