Sacre Bleu!
Someone in France has to work, or the whole edifice will come tumbling down.
Posted on 03/21/2023 3:06:18 PM PDT by Rummyfan
“How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?” – Charles de Gaulle (attributed)
Ah, France! [Insert lazy paragraph describing France in terms of classic cliches including food, wine, cheese, sex, cigarettes and surrender.]
In addition to those classic French attributes, another time-honored French tradition is “widespread rioting,” which they’ve been celebrating over the last few weeks. What they’re protesting is French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to force through an unpopular bill to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.
French President Emmanuel Macron ordered his prime minister to wield a special constitutional power Thursday that skirts parliament to force through a highly unpopular bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 without a vote.
His calculated risk set off a clamor among lawmakers, who began singing the national anthem even before Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne arrived in the lower chamber. She spoke forcefully over their shouts, acknowledging that Macron’s unilateral move will trigger quick motions of no-confidence in his government.
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Sacre Bleu!
Someone in France has to work, or the whole edifice will come tumbling down.
The socialist mindset in action. Retirement is just another government benefit. Why not retire at 40? Somebody else will pay for it. Who? Not my problem.
France invited the third world trash an put it on the dole. It is doomed.
How can anyone govern a nation that thinks a huge variety of cheese makes a nation ungovernable. Come on Americans, let’s top 10,000 kinds of cheese!
And to think, two generations of my family fought for these twits.
In 1918 and 1944.
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