This is building up to be a major political confrontation, and the left could well capitalise on it if they are smart enough to support the movement without (being seen) trying to direct it too much.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

To me, that is why Chirac is pathetic. Not just because he undermines the concept of law or doesnt understand the  importance of the people against him, but because he could have escaped by calling on a greater debate. He tried to see if people wanted a "Grenelle social" but forgot one thing: nobody under 50 knows what a grenelle social is. (big negociations during mai 68 when the unions got a lot of what they wanted) Basically, our ruling class is completely disconnected from everything.

Rien n'est gratuit en ce bas monde. Tout s'expie, le bien comme le mal, se paie tot ou tard. Le bien c'est beaucoup plus cher, forcement. Celine