The French mood auscultated in Segré by an Us newspaper : mistrust and melancholy

The website Angers Maville indicated on december 3rd that an american newspaper, the International Herald Tribune (Iht), sent a month ago an editor in Segré in order to publish an article dedicated to the opposition between two organizations regarding the election of Miss France. Untitled "A pageant icon turns back on Miss France", the article describes  the gathering in the Segré's exposition hall of "thousands" of persons who attended there the election of Miss Pays de Loire. But the topics the american newspaper talked with local spectators enlight the mood of some of the people of Maine-et-Loire.

Excerpt from IHT : Paris, Saint-Tropez
and...nothing else

One of the aspects of that mood is the divide between Paris and the rest of France : "The thousands who have turned out at her pageants this year also reflect a moral conservatism and regional pride that remain stronger in the French “provinces” — a term widely employed here to mean “everywhere but Paris” — than is often recognized", writes the Iht.

Another is the melancholy regarding the current state of the country compared to what it was years ago. "We came because Geneviève de Fontenay represents decorum, she represents the French society of yesterday, a bit. Things are always outdated for some people; for others they aren’t.", said a local retired who, resigned, considers : "This is France, it’s simple things".