If you believe France’s current economy is sclerotic, imagine what it will be years from now if millions of French youth possess the same attitude and driving ambition of Maud Pottier. From today’s Washington Post:
PARIS, March 16 — An estimated 250,000 students took to the streets of Paris and major cities across France on Thursday, escalating a political rebellion by the country’s younger generation against a government that is floundering in its attempts to restructure a moribund economy…. Maud Pottier, 17, a student at Jules Verne High School in Sartrouville, north of Paris, who was wrapped in layers of scarves as protection against the chilly, gray day [said]: “You’ll get a job knowing that you’ve got to do every single thing they ask you to do because otherwise you may get sacked. I’d rather spend more time looking for a job and get a real one.”
