Gordon & Meunier state "France are loudly resisting globalisation whilst quietly adapting to it at the same time", to what extent is this statement valid in 2013? - INTRODUCTION TO FRENCH STUDIES EXAM WRITE UP

Well first of all, I thought the question choices for this exam were absolutely awful. 

One of the lecturers said *just before the exam started*, "Oh don't worry, there's nothing we haven't covered in class, I haven't got a good imagination." I thought to myself, "Oh good, I've attended all the lectures and seminars this year, I'll be fine. 

But no. I turned the sheet over, looked at the questions and thought to myself "brilliant, I don't feel confident with any of these". 

None of them looked good, interesting or were based on anything I had revised..

The only question I could have chosen (which I eventually did after about 10 minutes of trying to choose which one would be best grades wise.) was the one on globalisation. 
*which is in the title of this post*

The only reason I even chose that question was because I had previously written my Introduction to French studies essay on globalisation in France, which I suppose was lucky. 

So, in this exam (which I sat on 16th May 2013) was essentially a regurgitation of what I could remember from my essay. 

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Here is a bullet pointed version of what I wrote: 

• To first analyse whether or not Gordon & Meunier's statement remains to be true in 2013, it is first necessary to look at the reasons for which France is resisting globalisation and to see if these reasons are still prevalent in contemporary French society.
• Reason 1 : Power to control their own economic affairs - France's anxieties towards globalisation are based on a conflict between the french exceptionalist model (which is based on a state-controlled economy) and the Anglo-American universalist model (which is based on a more liberal market) - it is increasingly important for Francois Hollande, and France itself, to maintain control over its own economy especially since it had been announced that France had just hit a double-dip recession (16/05/13).
• Reason 2: France's need to be an international power - Globalisation, of course, poses a threat to France's role in the world. Especially since globalisation is most often equated with Americanisation (with a transfer of American dominated ideas & culture).
• Reason 3: France's need to maintain their l'exception culturelle. - José Bové's outburst in 2001 when he dismantled a McDonalds in a small French village - against American malbouffle - He saw, as many people in France do, America, and thus globalisation a threat to French culture and their many other exceptions which set them apart from the rest of Europe.

• I think that the above points were the essence of my essay and I concluded  (something along the lines of..) Gordon & Meunier's statement that France are loudly resisting globalisation whilst quietly adapting to it at the same time remains to be true in 2013 because France have / are actually adopting elements of the universal model e.g. the liberal market, whilst retaining an element of state control, in order to create 'mondialisation maitrise' -  & as long as the above reasons remain a worry for France, they will continue to resist globalisation.