Just twenty years ago, France, for the first time won the soccer World Cup. Next Sunday, its team may win the right to have a second star on its shirt. 1998 victory contributed during a few years, to strengthen the country cohesion thanks to a team which gathered players with diverse origins : the “blacks”, the “whites” and the “beurs” coming from North Africa to which we could have added the “basks”, coming from Basque country. It was also given this success for a significant contribution to the strong economic growth France enjoyed until 2002, a result which has not been ...