My observation? I think parts of this proposed law they are "protesting" are needed in France, but the application just to younger workers is obscene. Why should older workers receive extra protection? France has high unemployment partly because the law makes it difficult to get rid of employees, thus providing a disincentive to hire. The older generation is the one that put those rules in place, and now they are looking to correct it, but by applying totally different rules to younger generations.
All workers should be covered equally - no age bias should be allowed (either for or against older/younger workers)....
Why should older workers receive extra protection?
They should not, but doing what you want would probably have a somewhat different result.
Instead of there being a million or so youth in the streets, you would have all of France in the streets.
There would be no law passed then, and the government would fall.
France has high unemployment partly because the law makes it difficult to get rid of employees, thus providing a disincentive to hire