Plan B Forum

In France this week, more than two million workers took to the streets to protest against proposals to raise the retirement age. But the harsh economic climate may continue to threaten the traditional French way of life.

All right, so they were not blockading British ferries at Calais or burning English lamb in rural Normandy.

French workers feel "scandalised" by the planned state pension changes

Nonetheless, the French strikers who brought the country to a standstill this week still had the Anglo-Saxons in their sights.

In France, I have come to realise, the term "Anglo-Saxon" is rarely one of endearment.

It is a useful umbrella description that seems to cover any number of perceived national weaknesses the other side of the Channel.

Last week, French scorn was reserved for the British retirement age, now set to rise to 67.

"Incroyable!", cried a population that jealously guards its savoir vivre.

The French are scandalised by President Nicolas Sarkozy's determined push to raise the state pension age from 60 to - horror of horrors - 62.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/f ... 988132.stm

SisterMaryFellatio wrote:Friggin French...the bastards protest at the drop of a hat! Mebbe they have protested once to often.