Comments on Huge demonstrations against the CPE: Not my problem this weekTypePad2006-03-07T23:28:19ZSeduliahttps://www.ruerude.com/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://www.ruerude.com/2006/03/huge_demonstrat/comments/atom.xml/YS commented on 'Huge demonstrations against the CPE: Not my problem this week'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c82d353ef00d834b1db0169e22006-03-20T14:52:22Z2008-08-29T15:58:13ZYSIt took an American to give a succinct clear explanation of this CPE problem. I've been googling it in French...<p>It took an American to give a succinct clear explanation of this CPE problem. I've been googling it in French and I get long winded convoluted exposes but no clear facts. European labour markets are a thorny issue for the people involved, and for investors. When you hear about the amount of holidays they have in France and Germany each year it makes for a bit of envy...</p>
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YS</p>Philippe commented on 'Huge demonstrations against the CPE: Not my problem this week'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c82d353ef00d834b1c82769e22006-03-20T06:18:43Z2008-08-28T03:25:13ZPhilippeI'm a Frenchman who left France 10 years ago. I have worked in the USA and Canada so I have...<p>I'm a Frenchman who left France 10 years ago. I have worked in the USA and Canada so I have my own experience now and here is something you need to understand fellow citizens of France, to be clear I'm going to say it in french:<br />
"La precarite c'est ce n'est pas dans le fait de perdre son emploi c'est dans celui de ne pas pouvoir en retrouver un!" [Precariousness does not come from losing one's job but from not being able to find another one!] Think about it, but fast because France is sinking!</p>Natacha commented on 'Huge demonstrations against the CPE: Not my problem this week'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c82d353ef00d8347acfba53ef2006-03-13T23:43:13Z2008-08-28T03:26:02ZNatachaI am myself of French nationality but left France 5 years ago, to live in London, and i am bewildered...<p>I am myself of French nationality but left France 5 years ago, to live in London, and i am bewildered to see that young poeple in France are so stubborn and don't want any change, the statu quo seemed to be the leitmotive in France. Those rich kid demonstrating don't know anything about "precarite" and if they did they would jump on any job offer they would see, without thinking of a "contract" which would last for ever.</p>
<p>To me the CPE is just a way to get France out of the big unemployement crisis it's having. Sure it might not be ideal and probably not like what their parents had back in 68, but time have changed, and if young French people are still living in the dream of the 60's, well the situation is not gonna be any better.</p>
<p>A job is a job and when you are young what you want is to work, and you are more likely to get over it if you get fired so why be so fussy young kids? You want a job or not?</p>