French High Court Upholds Youth Employment Contract
March 30, 2006, 4:14 pm |
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By Andrew L. Jaffee
France’s high court has acted in the interest of the nation and has not kowtowed to the selfish interests of the mob, i.e., the thousands of students who have taken to the streets to protest for cushy jobs. The newly-upheld youth employment contract will enforce the idea of a hard work ethic among France’s fonctionnaire-minded jeunes de la bourgeoisie. It will also give French companies the true entrepreneurial freedom needed to survive in a very competitive world. From the BBC:
France’s top constitutional body has ruled that a youth employment law which has sparked weeks of protest is legal.
The Constitutional Council move clears the way for the bill to be signed into law by President Jacques Chirac.
His prime minister has championed the law - aimed at tackling high levels of youth unemployment.
The question is: Will Chirac have the guts to defy the mob and do what is best for France?
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March 30th, 2006 at 5:53 pm
Au contraire! perhaps these “enfants de la Patrie” (literally), these young “citoyens” of the Republic realise something that is quite obvious; This employment law is inherently unfair and discriminatory, the merits for labour law reform aside.
March 30th, 2006 at 6:11 pm
There is nothing “unfair and discriminatory” about the law. These “citoyens” do not want to work hard and do not want to be held accountable for their job performance. Lifetime employment and 35-hour work weeks are “socialist” dreams that will cause France to sink into the sea. Let the whole nation suffer to please some spoiled, middle class future bureaucrats? Pathetic and unrealistic.