Strikes are part of the French culture. Furthermore, I think that the French are addicted to riots and demonstrations. In 1789 during the French Revolution, the guillotine beckoned the arrival of public   beheadings of the Aristocrats and since then, we have never stopped defending our rights and demonstrating our anger at the government.

In October of this year in France, the whole country was totally shaken by the demonstrations, which took place in response to the pension reforms. In comparison, the English seem to be reasonably calm; for example when the government announced cuts of 500,000 public sector jobs and trebled tuition fees for students.

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