This is not 1968. This is not 1968. This is not 1968. This is not 1968. LALALALALA [fingers in ears] I'm not listening. My favorite line in the Times article:

"The current problem stems from a flawed educational system that churns out young people who lack the necessary skills to get jobs, combined with labor laws that discourage job formation because they require hugely expensive benefits and job-security packages that make it nearly impossible for employers to fire anyone."

This is a paper with a liberal slant?! Ahh, and the objective problem (this is not editorializing, this is not editorializing, this is not editorializing) is that France's economy isn't laissez faire enough. Well, if only they adopted more tax cuts for the rich and eliminated worker protections, everything would be fine.