How were the 2006 labour protests seen in France and abroad?

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On 9 December 1905, a law was passed in France separating the church and the state. However, today in the United States of America, the President takes an oath on the Bible to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies both foreign and domestic. To the French, it may sound inconceivable to see President Jacques Chirac basing his speech on Bible verses. So what do Americans think when Mr Sarkozy, a free-market defender, quotes Jean Jaurès, the founder of the communist paper L'Humanité? Actually, each country has its own way of thinking, even if they have similar cultures.

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[...] How were the 2006 labour protests seen in France and abroad? On 9 December 1905, a law was passed in France separating the church and the state. However, today in the United States of America, the President takes an oath on the Bible to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies both foreign and domestic. To the French, it may sound inconceivable to see President Jacques Chirac basing his speech on Bible verses. So what do Americans think when Mr Sarkozy, a free-market defender, quotes Jean Jaurès, the founder of the communist paper L'Humanité? [...]

[...] As the main national students' union[4] has pointed out, youths do not want to be the Kleenex generation[5]or throw away generation, they have asked to be nurtured rather than constrained[6]. This emphasizes the issue between repression and education. This topic is at the top of the agenda at the moment, the French Socialists are focusing their speeches on education, and that is to say, the solution to suburban civil unrest is education. On the other hand, those to the Right advocate repression above all; this is necessary to avoid other civil unrests. [...]

[...] It can New York Times mars 2006 “Before you scoff at the French, consider the U.S. connection”, USA Today mars 2006. Editorial, riots of spring” mars 2006 “French protests, again”, International Herald Tribune mars Sites internet http://www.senat.fr/rap/r00-386/r00-386113.html The French elite is leaving the country, highlighting that France has strong weakness concerning income, security, quality of life and housing. Return on Investment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_civil_unrest_in_France Union Nationale des Étudiants de France or UNEF SAMUELSON, Avril 2006, Politics of Make-Believe”, Newsweek, p SCIOLINO, March 2006, “French Youth at the Barricades, but a Revolution? [...]

[...] Such paralysis of the country, that seemed to have been appreciated by some students who decided to play football on their university lawn[16], is a waste of time for companies and above all a major waste of money. As in the environmental issue, the French have to look further, further than their own lives. Their children's future is at stake and trying to keep this social structure is the best way to worsen their prospects in life. We often learn from our history but the 2006 labour protests did not prove this. [...]