Two Perspectives On French Compassion

?No Pasaran! gives two very different looks at French ( and EU in general) "compassion". The relevant comments are made in passing in the following articles:

• Don't Forget Your Soap On A Rope. This is a report on large scale corruption in the French government. It is significant that the coverage of this scandal is from a German newspaper. Le Monde was too busy complaining that George Bush is a freaking Jesus Freak. The last line puts the scandal into perspective by comparing it to French "Compassion".
• From A Hard Past Comes Compassion. Why Albania does what the French and Germans won't do.