Reply #5: I feel the need

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to offer a different evaluation of this.. While I do strongly believe in workers rights and protection for them, the fact of the matter is that France has one of the most subsidised, artificial economies in the world. Sarkozy's proposed reforms are only scratching the surface of this, he wouldn't dare take on all the landowners who are doing nicely out of EU subsidies.

France's protectionism and is hurting other countries, 3rd world nations are unable to trade equally with us in the EU and instead get flooded with our cheap imports. Something's got to give, and as much as I dislike Sarkozy, I'm with him on this one.

This isn't French workers standing up for social justice, although they think they might be. This is about scaling down the biggest government bureaucracy in the world. It's a harsh wake up call, but it needs to happen.