Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
the UMP (the party of Nicolas Sarkozy, a bit of a maverick, he was the minister of edcuation, i think now hes foreign minister??) voted for the increase in maximum working hours, as did the UDF.
the UMP (the party of Nicolas Sarkozy, a bit of a maverick, he was the minister of edcuation, i think now hes foreign minister??) voted for the increase in maximum working hours, as did the UDF.
Both the UMP and the UDF are right wing parties, the UDF being less so. Both seem convinced that the statements of the very active employer-syndicate are economic truth, and they do everything they can to please the syndicate.
the PS and the PCF voted against.
No surprise here. The PS introduced the 35 hours workweek, and the PCF's only critics to the 35 hours workweek is that it was bundled with flexibility measures (see one of my posts above).
Frankly, I dont think unemployment goes very far from 10%. i think France needs to suspend, decrease, or change the amount of money they give to unemployed people.
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