France is burning

You should understand how the media works. They cannot blow this news because it will portray the French in a bad light.

Media should only be used to inform people about true things. Any media organs which makes false propaganda news should be sued and it should be closed after proving three false news done over and over. Madia making no news about France, maybe just a few. If it was another country, especially if a Muslim or an African country, European media would make 24 hours of live broadcasts there, would prepare many false or exaggerated propaganda news about it to make events much worse and to make people hate each other.

France is burning and no news about it, really ?

I can kind of recall the images of the French burning sheep in the mid to late 1990s. No one is surprised. Just be glad that we don't have French labour laws.

How bad are the French labour laws with 35-hour work weeks and a fair few employee benefits?

Great benefits for an economy is basically ****! Guess that's why the Government's trying to change some of those 'benefits'....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36152571

Currently France has stopped the printing and distribution of newspapers Democracy much ? LoooL

I can recall the images of the French burning sheep in the mid to late 1990s. No one is surprised, just be glad that we don't have French labour laws.

How bad are the French labour laws with 35-hour work weeks and a fair few employee benefits?

Employees often work more than the official 35h, notably because they are often pressurised to take work at home and to do overtime hours. Since taxes on salaries are so high (twice as much as the net salary) and it is almost impossible to fire an employee, employers only use a limited number of reliable (often thanks to some family networks) employees, rewarded with good benefits. Hence the unemployment, precarious jobs, glass ceiling to find a permanent job, low wages, etc. for the rest of the population.

Too much security works against employees.

The sad thing is that people attribute the terrible state of the economy to capitalism and business owners, whereas the French state is even worse. The public finances are so low that the state employs about one million precarious workers, whilst functionaries continue to enjoy their job for life.

I cannot fathom how people can be so blind.

So it is in the best interest of the public to change the status quo and make it better? Why are there protests, if the public don't want the Government to change it?

Because the government changes allow them to be laid off much easier when they need laying off

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Yeah, gives employers more flexibility and the chance to recruit more people.

Because the government changes allow them to be laid off much easier when they need laying off

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But it also reduces job security

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So it is in the best interest of the public to change the status quo and make it better? Why are there protests, if the public don't want the Government to change it?

The French lack basic knowledge of economics. Moreover politicians are not trusted anymore and the president has a 14% approval rate. People know the government is weak.