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Macron is not "neoliberal"... France needs reforms and has been postponing them for decades. What Macron is trying to do is needed and long overdue.

• brmgb 8y ago
  > France needs reforms and has been postponing them for decades. France needs stability a lot more than reforms. As a country, France still has a highly educated population, great infrastructure, a rich internal market and a solid canvas of small, medium and large business. France should be seeking growth through innovation and investment rather than constantly tweaking its tax code. France is however deeply handicaped by the euro. It is in my opinion the first victim of German dumping (the Hartz reform). The whole France needs reform mantra is more rooted in ideology than facts. Macron is a Blairite who would rather fight the German by similarly depressing wages rather than confront them directly. It is a losing situation for everyone except the employers and will only lead to more inequality and more poverty in Europe. But well, guess who financed Macron presidential campain...
  • entity345 8y ago
    How do you achieve growth? That's the key issue. That's why the country needs reforms. Because the chronic lack of growth leads to protests like the Yellow Vests's. It is not handicaped by the Euro. The issue is systemic: Red tape, anti-business, anti-innovation, bloated public sector.