A wilted nation: cont'd
just reread the article and one thing screamed out at me this time that didn't register during the first read:
There's no question of touching holidays," said Communist lawmaker Alain Bocquet. Jean-Claude Mailly, a prominent trade union leader, suggested France was rich enough to come up with the money without touching workers' holidays and said working an extra day to pay for supporting the elderly is "enforced charity, totally unacceptable."

Translation: Let 'Em Die.
Farking, farking frogs.... Take a good look at Germany; your ass-kicking is gonna be three times worse.