Imagine a young French president, elected on a platform of deep economic reforms of pensions and labor legislation. After the first proposals are unveiled, a wave of paralyzing strikes sweeps across the country throughout fall of the election year. The young president, still at the beginning of his mandate, ultimately caves in and resigns himself to managing France’s decline instead of reversing it.
That’s what happened to President Nicolas Sarkozy 10 years ago. The election of Emmanuel Macron in May this year and the large majority he secured in the National Assembly last month have opened a small window of opportunity …read more
Source: European Voice
