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French Government wondering who to piss off next.
 With the current crisis between the French government and entertainment industry workers threatening to cancel summer festivals and cultural events throughout France this summer, BIGfib has been informed by sources close to the French government that they are already discussing which sector of the community to piss off next.
Over the last three months they have announced measures which have caused strikes by School and University teachers, tax-office officials, hospital workers, main-line train drivers, unemployment office workers, street-cleaners, dustmen, metropolitan train drivers in Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, farmers, air-traffic controllers, air France employees, and telecom and postal workers.
To this list they have now added the entire entertainment industry, but it seems this is not enough.
Political analyst Claude Langue de Bois says that Jean-Pierre Raffarin is simply following guidelines laid down by the ex British PM Lady Thatcher.
"The initial concept came before the last election... The right had been out of power for some time and so they called in some external analysts to work out how to get back in. One of these was Margaret Thatcher, and she ended up having by far the most far reaching influence."
According to M. Langue Du Bois, the strategy supplied by Margaret Thatcher has required only slight modifications to fit 21st century France.
"The situation today in France, good health care, good social services, efficient public transport associated with high taxes and hefty union power is very similar to that in England in the 1970's".
"The only real difference is that the mining and ship building communities, Thatcher’s victims of choice, are already decimated... In the Raffarin strategy they have been replaced by state employees in all branches of the public services and the larger marginal communities such as Entertainment industry workers."
BIGfib asked Langue du Bois to look into his crystal ball and tell us what the future holds.
"That's easy." He said. "Privatisation of everything, huge layoffs across the board, visible tax cuts and invisible tax increases to cancel them out, higher unemployment to break the unions, police everywhere and basically most people walking around looking miserable. Their only dilemma is in which order to piss people off."
See also : PARIS - “Government will not cave in to minority demands...” - J.P.Raffarin.
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