| Come come, being in Europe, you should know what the situation in France is at the moment. The present chaos is caused by the labor unions and the proferssional teachers and professors. The last time they were on strike, the government refused to pay their salary (they used to get paid even when they were on strike!). This time, they manipulated the students to do the job for them. Lazy teachers don't work and get paid and they watch on the sidelines as their students do their dirty job for them.
The labor unions control the major aspects of the economy. The civil servants are 25 % of the active population, about 2 times more than Germany and much more than England. Yup. Big government and big welfare spending. A recent poll reveals that one in two people under 25 dreams of joining the civil service.
25% of the population between 16 & 25 is unemployed. It goes up to 40% in some urban areas. Successive governments have not dared change anything since any such move would be met with the most severe response.
The intention of the new law is benign, in my view. It aims to alleviate the plight caused by the long idling youth population in France. It is far more productive for the under 26s to get employed for whatever length of time, half a year, a month or even for a week, let alone the allowance of the 2 years' statutory period. If you're good, you'd probably be asked to stay on. If you're unsuitable, you're out but at least you're paid for whatever service you've provided. There's nothing unfair about the new law; certainly there is no cause for these thugs to be wreaking the havoc and the destruction to their own country. And, whilst we're on the topic, why don't they stop targetting American assets??? We have nothing to do with this new law!!! |