[Captain.Remy]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

It's not personal, it's a policy issue yes?... Whoever were ringing in these pension reforms would garner the same reaction, again why would they have to get to work, they are already workers. It's fine coming from an older person who as you've said protested when it benefitted you to do so... what of these young men working now and worrying about how these reforms will impact them in old age?

I'm actually 29, started protesting at 12 and got elected in pretty much every student union I got into. A true French basterd! But you know what, I grew up and realized that I don't need to rely too much on a President to decide how to live my life. And I respect what and who the people voted for.

The thing is, this reform is not a bad one.
You have to understand that here in France we offer a lot of assistance and a lot of workers have special regimes (going into retirement earlier, earning more etc...) that previous governments gave them just to keep peace.
It's time that it ends, and obviously they're mad about it. Though it needs to be kept for the harder jobs with hazard conditions.

Also the thing with having your pension calculated on your overall career and not your best 25 years is that it requires stepping up and do your best. And typically this is not what we are taught in France at a young age.
What we are taught is that work is rubbish, being competitive is bad, and also don't be too ambitious. And obviously, go strike for the most little thing.

Macron is young, fresh, full of 21st century ideas, he's trying to take us to a new era, but those unions would rather disrespect him and the results of an election.