Judged by the standards of the Chirac years, when successive governments backed away from reforms in the face of street demonstrations and strikes, they constitute a veritable blast of reform.

• 用希拉克时代的标准来判断，当后继政府面对街上的示威游行和罢工而从改革中退却时，他们就真正成了改革的“一阵狂风”。