France is currently being torn apart by massive protests after President Macron raised the retirement age from 62 to 64 without a parliamentary vote (which he surely would have lost.) It goes against the wishes of the majority of French people, and probably of their representatives, too. (This is why Macron did not even bother with a parliamentary vote.) There is a kind of irony to this, since Macron ran and re-ran for president as a defender of democracy against the forces of populist authoritarianism. His current situation ought to be a warning to centrist and center-left politicians who profess to do the same. Democracy cannot be defended by neoliberal policies, in fact, the two are antithetical.
Macron Illustrates Why Neoliberalism Endangers Democracy
Macron Illustrates Why Neoliberalism…
Macron Illustrates Why Neoliberalism Endangers Democracy
France is currently being torn apart by massive protests after President Macron raised the retirement age from 62 to 64 without a parliamentary vote (which he surely would have lost.) It goes against the wishes of the majority of French people, and probably of their representatives, too. (This is why Macron did not even bother with a parliamentary vote.) There is a kind of irony to this, since Macron ran and re-ran for president as a defender of democracy against the forces of populist authoritarianism. His current situation ought to be a warning to centrist and center-left politicians who profess to do the same. Democracy cannot be defended by neoliberal policies, in fact, the two are antithetical.