i have a question for EU students, particularly those from France, Italy, and to some extent Germany, given that there are those of you who 'have/are doing/want to do' an an LLM in the US, land a job in the US even....

what are your opinions on the current seeming cultural and political barriers to economic reform in those countries. french students have just demonstrated to preserve, rather than change, the current stagnant economic status quo! italy is veering to the left, albeit ever so slightly, and while prodi may be no mega-socialist, for support he will need to rely on the presence of ultra-leftist parties who themselves will seek to stall free market reform.

do you guys represent the more hopeful, entrepreneurial component of your citizenry? would you lobby/work for such reform in your countries?

or do you also oppose reforming these EU countries along anglo-saxon economic lines while at the same time wanting to take advantage of anglo-saxon legal education and the anglo-saxon marketplace for jobs?

Hi UnderemployedLawyer, that's an excellent topic
To answer your question I would say, yes, of course, I want to act to reform my country, France.
We are in a hurry, there are so many things to change, from labor rules, to social security, to.. French state of mind!, what happened those last months with students strike is a very bad news for all of us, since it show that it's quite impossible to reform this country.
That's just an opinion of someone who like its country and who knows that, we, lawyer, need a very good economy, to have lotta business ;). And that work for everyones