Thousands of people took to the streets across Europe over the weekend to protest against rising living costs, unaffordable housing, low wages and pressure on public services. While the grievances varied from country to country, the demonstrations highlight growing frustration over household budgets..
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Why are Europeans angry?
Rising food, housing and energy costs have left many households struggling to make their incomes stretch further. Even when inflation slows, prices generally remain higher than they were before, leaving consumers with less room in their budgets.
Housing is a particular concern for renters and younger people in many cities. Low-paid workers face pressure from essential expenses, while concerns over education and other public services have added to discontent in some countries.
法國高物價及通貨膨脹,失業率升高.城鄉教育資源差距過大,低薪資.傳統產業空洞化.年輕人不願意進入生產事業當勞工 需要進口大量外籍勞工補充,如此一來惡性循環,導致於法國的年輕人"生存權",逐漸被外籍勞工取代?
比如清除垃圾迪工作以及屠宰場工作,危險性工作,工程項目工作,愈來愈多由外籍勞工取代.至於法國年輕人則嚮往服務業(旅遊,奢侈品銷售,餐飲業,網路行銷 甚至於情色業)除此之外政黨惡性競爭,使得許多政府政策,無法有效執行,藉由選舉事件彼此惡鬥,犧牲掉人民的福利等等原因.不僅法國如此,歐洲諸國也就是說同樣的陷入困境,以後的示威抗議遊行爆動會增加.
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Will strikes force Macron to back down over French pension reforms?
- More than a million people took to the streets across France to protest against the Macron government’s plans to reform the pension system, of which a proposal to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 is among the most controversial. Macron insists the reform is needed to reform a moribund system – but some of the government’s own experts have said the pension system is in relatively good shape and would likely eventually return to a balanced budget even without reforms.
- The interior ministry said some 1.2 people protested across France, 80,000 of them in Paris.Union organisers, however, estimated the number at 2 million, with 400,000 protesting in Paris.
- Mass protests were also seen in cities including Lyon, Marseilles, Montpellier, Nantes and on the French island of Corsica.
- Macron, who was on a visit to Spain on Thursday, told a press conference that the government was determined to press ahead with the reform.
- More than a dozen people were arrested on the sidelines of the protest after members of the anarchist Black Bloc movement threw rubbish bins, bottles and smoke bombs at police..
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