Alsace Sparks Debate on the Decentralization of France

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Nicolas Ruhlman raises the glass and rushes the last sip of Riesling, a variety with citrus reminiscences that also works as a balm for any ideological difference. Supported by the bar of La vieille tour, the restaurant that runs in Sélestate, in the Lower Alsatian Rhine, a place surrounded by vineyards, sums up the question. “We are different. Our culture and our history are others. And that’s why it’s good that we can manage our territory. Don…