Was France’s recent wave of protests against an amendment that would have increased employers’ freedom to fire young workers a blessing in disguise? To defuse the protests, President Jacques Chirac was forced to withdraw the provision, and instead has proposed hiring subsidies as a way to reduce youth joblessness.
法国最近反对有可能增加雇主解雇年轻工人自由修正案的抗议浪潮是否是塞翁失马，焉知非福呢？希拉克总统为了平息抗议不得不撤回那一条款，而提议用雇佣补贴来降低年轻人的失业问题。德国正在实行相关的有针对性的工资补贴。