Can the ax of two national holidays save France from his mountain of debt?

Prime Minister François Bairu put a cat among pigeons, promising to cut down two national holidays to save the country’s finance.

It is projected that his proposal on Tuesday before the Easter Monday and May 8 summoned the protest on the left and the people’s law – with their own centrists and conservative rights, which spoke in the best support.

In a country with such a strong work protest, the sudden removal of two weekend laws will never be easy sale.

Essentially, men and women will force two additional days a year without increasing salaries. Profit in performance will help to pull the country that has put its constant debt hole.

The French are really very attached to them holy.

The Trea moon is expected from the glitter every year not only because it leads the spring – but also from the continuity of long weekend, which are regularly encountered.

If on May 1 (the day of the workers) and May 8, marking the end of World War II, fall on Tuesday or Thursday, the weekend will become a four -day treat, because on Monday and Friday they are also automatically accepted as a holiday.

In addition, there is a climb (always Thursday) plus Easter on Monday and Monday (or Pentecost).

If the church calendar obliges an early Easter can be combined with 1 or 8 May to provide not only pont Either a bridge-it means a four-day weekend covering Monday or Friday but a real five-six days viaduk (Viaduk).

November is another holiday, with all the saints in the first month and a truce on the 11th, which offers relief from the autumn blues. In addition, there are famous RTT days, which many receive in return for work more than legitimate 35 hours a week.

But before we cross the joking self -descended “by the fact that” incredibly lazy French and their right to endless downtime “, we need to keep in mind several other opinions.

FirstNot a popular image, the French actually have less national holidays than the European average.

France has 11 as Germany, the Netherlands and the United States.

Slovakia has the most out of 15, and England, Wales and the Netherlands have the smallest with 8.

Ireland and Denmark have 10.

AnotherAccording to national statistics in the UK, French productivity (production per employee) is 18% higher than in the UK, so any abuse of holidays with the whole channel is inappropriate.

ThirdThis is not the first time in recent years when France has offered an ax. It happened earlier – and worked (like).

In 2003, the Conservative Government under President Jacques Charak wanted to do something radical after the deadly thermal wave of the summer, which killed 15,000 people.

Thereby Day of solidarity. People will work, not take the day off, and the money received by employers will be paid by the government for the fund to help the elderly and the disabled.

There was a resonance, and a few years later, the change was fuel so that the day of solidarity was voluntary. All this is very confusing, and no one understands how it functions, but Monday, which does not work, still creates 3 billion euros (2.6 billion pounds; 3.5 billion) every year in receipts.

Another precedent returned in the 1950s and Charles de Gaulle.

Recently appointed president, in 1959 he reached a victory in Europe on May 8, saying that the country could not afford it. It was restored in 1981 by Socialist Francois Mitterrand.

Bayra looks like to break two holidays bold to cut down debt

So, when the green accused Bayer of trying to “wipe out the collective memory of Nazism” on Tuesday, Minister Benjamin Hadad was very simple: “In fact, it was de Gaulle that he did, and I think he played a role in Nazism’s eradication.”

None of this means that Bayra most sees that his proposals are becoming valid.

The truth is that the Prime Minister is in the position of almost complete impotence – the governing government that does not have a majority in parliament, which can fall at any moment when opposition groups decide.

But, in a strange way, this very powerlessness gave Bayur freedom to say what he thinks.

If there is little likelihood of his budget proposals that voted through the Assembly – and probably practically zero – then he can also give the French unexpected truth.

He said the economic situation is terrible.

France has 5,000 euros more debt every second.

Today it is 3.3 tH. In these circumstances, Bire believes that we may need to review the way we live. And work.