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The French cabinet has given the go-ahead for the president to force through highly controversial labour reforms, circumventing parliament.An extraordinary cabinet meeting invoked the constitution's controversial Article 49.3, allowing the government to bypass parliament.
The bill would make it easier for employers to hire and fire workers.
Opponents say it will let employers bypass workers' rights on pay, overtime and breaks.
The proposed reforms, which also include changes to France's 35-hour working week, have sparked waves of sometimes violent protests across France.
France's Socialist government says removing some of the protection workers enjoy will encourage businesses to hire more people.
It says its aim is to combat chronic unemployment.
Read more @: French labour reforms: Government to force plan through
Shameful. After about a month of protests which numbered up to hundreds of thousands of people hitting the streets, the French government is going to circumvent parliament and allow Hollande to enact the law. Expect even more popular backlash against this measure. [/FONT][/COLOR]
The French are going to have to roll back their social programs. They have cost the country much too much in growth and jobs to the point that the country has fallen back relative to peers badly and come much too close to the brink.
It's interesting that this legislation is coming from the controlling Socialist Party!Read more @: French labour reforms: Government to force plan through
Shameful. After about a month of protests which numbered up to hundreds of thousands of people hitting the streets, the French government is going to circumvent parliament and allow Hollande to enact the law. Expect even more popular backlash against this measure. [/FONT][/COLOR]
Too many neo-liberals in the French Socialist Party. I wish the left wing within the party had a bigger wing, but apparently they do not. Just enough to make some noise but not enough to block such an action. Seems the French are on the road to more austerity.It's interesting that this legislation is coming from the controlling Socialist Party!
"The BBC's Lucy Williamson in Paris says the bill, known as the Khomri law after Labour Minister Mariam El Khomri, has forced a wedge between the governing Socialist party and its left-wing supporters."
Hasnt France already gone through massive austerity cuts in 2010-2013 only to see more rise in unemployment?
I am not a France specialist. But my impression has been of a lackluster attempt to reduce the size of the social system till now and even now it will almost certainly not be enough.
Has nothing to do with the size of the social system. It has everything to do with labour laws that make it expensive if not impossible to fire people.
Too many neo-liberals in the French Socialist Party. I wish the left wing within the party had a bigger wing, but apparently they do not. Just enough to make some noise but not enough to block such an action. Seems the French are on the road to more austerity.
Ah, but this if France we're speaking ofHow would there be neo-liberal politicians in a Socialist Party?
Ah, but this if France we're speaking of
Actually the term neo-liberalism has been kicked around so much, everybody (and, specifically, almost every country) kind of makes up its own version as it (they) go along.
This here may at least give a glimpse: Chapter 12 - Is there a French neoliberalism? - University Publishing Online
Doesn't it just? :mrgreen:Ummm that cleared it up:mrgreen:
How would there be neo-liberal politicians in a Socialist Party?
The same way Tony Blair was the leader of the Labour Party....
But, at that time, the Labour party was most definitely not a Socialist Party.
A large amount of many European "Socialist Parties" (socialist in name) had a large wing that decided to follow neo-liberal policies (3rd way), the French Socialist Party is no exception.
A large amount of many European "Socialist Parties" (socialist in name) had a large wing that decided to follow neo-liberal policies (3rd way), the French Socialist Party is no exception.
and that's not only the true definition, it's also the thing nobody can pin anything on.I know 3rd way politics (be everything to everyone)
I'd agree except for the constrictions that the term socialist is usually given (by others).but again, it is not Socialist in the traditional sense. Speaking of the UK, and the SWP, there is no way they'd promulgate a drive for 3rd way politics. Blair was named the Red Tory for a reason
I know.. And many "3rd way" politicians were members of "socialist parties" such as the Labour party.I know 3rd way politics (be everything to everyone) but again, it is not Socialist in the traditional sense.
The socialist workers party? I never claimed the socialist workers party in the UK was in favor of 3rd way politicsSpeaking of the UK, and the SWP, there is no way they'd promulgate a drive for 3rd way politics.
Look at Blair and "new Labour". He lead the charge of removing for Labour to remove Claus IV from its platform/constitution, thus removing almost all mentions of the Labour party being a socialist party. It endorsed a large free market economy, endorsed a "public-private partnership". I mean Blair was pretty open about his endorsement of Third Way politics... BBC News | UK Politics | All aboard the Third WayBlair was named the Red Tory for a reason
What is pure socialism? Better still, where was it ever implemented? And in view of France hardly fitting the bill (ever) what relevance does this contribution have in this context?They do this, because pure socialism has failed over and over again.
Do you know the reason given by the court? What's more, do you know why it fell thru? Do you know on whom its levy was intended? Lastly what it was replaced with?Remember, the French socialist party wanted a 75% tax rate, and it could have gotten implemented if it didn't get rejected by the courts.
How do you define "moderate"? Are you also aware that French labor laws have been under fire since long before the current government?It was no moderate party that got elected, but even they are realizing that France need to reform its labour laws.
Sound very much like an elaborate and very verbose attempt to excuse all of France's structural deficits by blaming all of them on Brussels.Guys I've read all your posts and I'm a bit disappointed you never pointed out the source of all of this mess which is the EU.
80% of French law is actually european law (or maybe more). We have transferred main parts of our sovereignty through Maastricht treaty, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and the Treaty on European Union (TEU or TUE in French which means "dead" or "kill"...).
We can NOT devalue the currency in order to adjust our national economy because those treaties simply forbit it.
The "labour law" is called El-Khomri law in France (she is the Minister of... Labour and a scapegoat in this story). This law directly comes from the article 121 TFEU which states the Broad economic policy guidelines (BEPG). BEPG of july 2015 have been sent to the French government which MUST transpose them into the French law. It is simple as that.
The "Socialist" Party is just a joke because our hands and feet are tied by the European law. That is why Syriza in Greece failed, Spain failed, Italy failed, Portugal failed and France now is failing.
All those protests in the street are just a waste of time because all the demonstrators (including those moron rioters) don't know a damn thing about this article 121 and the European law. Medias in France always hide the european source. British people got ahead on this subjects and I am afraid the EU will collapse in a vey bad way.
Looks fine to mePS: please excuse my poor English....
Sound very much like an elaborate and very verbose attempt to excuse all of France's structural deficits by blaming all of them on Brussels.
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