Situation in France

Lilac said:
Thank you @George1959!
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Thank you Lilac. But I couldn't ask my wife to translate it, so I used Deepl.com for translation. She's had a tough day at work and especially coming home from work by bus. With the train it lasts 30 minutes. But they work at the rails, so only bus transportation was available. 120 minutes and I waited for her 90 minutes in the car.
If you translate the "Marseillaise" you'll see, that it is very bloody. I hope that the French people will burn Paris down to it's Roman remains.
 
In the years just before the French revolution of 1789, very bad harvests and incredible inflation of the mismanaged Bank of France, caused widespread famine in the countryside. This situation boiled over when the women who were bread sellers at the main market in Paris formed a group to protest. As the 100s of ladies armed with brooms, bread knives and ultimately pikes, marched thru the City, as more and more joined in.

Their goal was the King, who was ensconced at the Palis of Versailles, 15 km South East. By the time the angry marchers reached the Palis, there were 1000s, shouting curses at the King and Marie Antoinette (the Austrian who___e") . They stormed the palace gates, some guards were injured.
This was the starting point of French Revolution.

Today were have also a very dictatorial French leader who looks down his nose at the farmers and ignores the ordinary populations outside of Paris. The grievances are different, but the mood is the same. On Thursday the strikes and marchers in Bordeaux attacked the police and set fire to the Town Hall. In my arrondissement 6th the garbage is piled high. Cars and scooters are set alight.

My heart breaks for France.

Jon
 

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La Marseillaise, English subtitles.
At foot of Eiffel Tower 1989 100th anniversary. Mireille Mathieu sang so grandly and shrewdly that tears welled up across the country, many patriotic citizens even needed medical treatment.​



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Jean-Paul said:
Today were have also a very dictatorial French leader who looks down his nose at the farmers and ignores the ordinary populations outside of Paris. The grievances are different, but the mood is the same. On Thursday the strikes and marchers in Bordeaux attacked the police and set fire to the Town Hall. In my arrondissement 6th the garbage is piled high. Cars and scooters are set alight.

My heart breaks for France.

Jon
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You've got a new king named Macron. At least he seems to think he is. Btw, our German leader of the EU does nothing to stop Macron. She is part of all this. I believe if this escalates, which is more than possible, that the brave French people shall win. Vive la France!

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I am jealous of the French:

"Under a new law, pushed through parliament without a vote last week, the retirement age for most French workers will be raised from 62 to 64. That will still keep France below the norm in Europe and in many other developed economies, where the age at which full pension benefits apply is 65 and is increasingly moving towards 67."

I could sympathize with all that turmoil if the government had raised the retirement age to 70, as we eventually will have it to prevent Social Security from going broke.

The real problem might be the aging population: fewer working people have to support an increasingly greater number of retired people. China probably is facing the worst problem in this respect.
 
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packleader said:
I am jealous of the French:

"Under a new law, pushed through parliament without a vote last week, the retirement age for most French workers will be raised from 62 to 64. That will still keep France below the norm in Europe and in many other developed economies, where the age at which full pension benefits apply is 65 and is increasingly moving towards 67."

I could sympathize with all that turmoil if the government had raised the retirement age to 70, as we eventually will have it to prevent Social Security from going broke.

The real problem might be the aging population: fewer working people have to support an increasingly greater number of retired people. China probably is facing the worst problem in this respect.
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here in the Uk the state pension age is 66... and in 2026 will rise again to 67 years old... :rolleyes:
 
King Charles was due to visit France this week, but it;s been cancelled by Macron stating that as the King enjoys walking among the people they feel that his safety will be compromised in France ...
 

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