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Ezior

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24. To be fair, Macron was secretary of whatever (economic affairs?) before

Thu Apr 27, 2017, 07:14 AM

Apr 2017

I do agree that his plans for austerity and generally neoliberalism (in his case, longer work hours among other things) are not necessarily good in this current environment. I hope he's not a neoliberal extremist and keeps the reforms palatable... The sad thing is, because Germany has gone neoliberal 15 years ago, France is now forced to do the same to keep up.

Macron has a positive side, too, because he's very pro-EU. Maybe he forces Germany to roll back some of our neoliberalism so we can meet halfway. I hope our politicians finally recognize the danger that lies in "cut wages, reduce social security, longer work hours – WE MUST BE COMPETITIVE!" when large parts of the population are not willing to take any more of it.

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To be fair, Macron was secretary of whatever (economic affairs?) before Ezior Apr 2017 #24

Correction retrowire Apr 2017 #18

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