French maybe depressed but the President Macron is so happy & got plenty of money to send to Ukraine for war. You French die is not his problem as long as he get high salary & allowance from the state.
the problem in France is not pensions, it's public sector workers, France has the largest number of public workers in Europe, public administration and bureaucracy are everywhere, and these are unproductive sectors running at tax payer's cost! That's the real problem in France!
Exactly. France has 5.7 million civil servants for 30.1 million active citizens. It's way too much. A certain number are of no use and senior civil servants often have a lifestyle that drains public coffers. Another problem is the lack of job creation and employers' mistrust of seniors and young people entering the job market, even though they want to work. France is an overregulated country, which paralyzes initiatives, the economy in general and deters investors. I add that France is led by incompetent liars who embellish their record in the media, but the facts contradict them. Finally, for around 20 years, Americans and Germans, with the help of internal complicity, have done everything to weaken our energy independence and to undermine our industrial power.
@@Noorlander-ji1ok Regardless of whether a citizen is "active" (contributing in the economy?) or inactive, shouldn't civil servants serve all citizens with the myriad of problems that need to be addressed by paying a visit to a government office?
The CFA zone represents less than 1% of french trade. It doesn't matter at all wether France imports a couple of metals from there or from Australia, China and the others
@@flyderz1424 Not true France got 85% of their resources for their nuclear power plants from the Sahel, and they got it dirt cheap. Having to pay full price from Australia, or China is why their economy is failing. Just like Germany economy is suffering because they followed the US and got rid of CHEAP Russian gas.
The video discusses a clichéd idea of happy French retirees, with all their health needs accounted for by a generous state. The reality is that there is a shortage of doctors all over France. As in Japan, where retirement age (before one is ready or willing to retire) is mandated, French retirees may begin to feel lonely and depressed, as they find that they need to be more active. Of course, the contraction of employment is devastating.
Deindustrialization. 😥 More and more European companies will focus mostly on tourism, entertainment (Euro Cup, Eurovision...), luxurious products (LV bags, perfume...). A few companies can be still relevant, like ASML, Zeiss (lens), Siemens. Even BASF and BOSCH expand facilities in China, but not in Europe. Europe lost from smartphone, software, AI, Autonomous, EV/Battery, Space (starLink...), 5G... The list goes on.
Terrible place to do business. Ridiculous amount of regulations. You do one minor wrong move and everybody started rioting. And then they wonder why trade deficit are so large and why the economy is so bad. 😂. You can't have it all people. Give some take some.
@@aleph8888 The EU is bad in itself. But the French love to add more regulations on top of the EU ones. For example, Germany has an ok-ish business environment despite being in the EU
Just hold it. It is not only France, but the whole continental Europe and the US are in quandary. The question is I don't see them capable of waging a war that would spell their ultimate decay and wither.
Excessive government spending & french people government spending addiction does way more damage than losing their colonies (which should not have, just to be clear)
@@RopethemalIVRopemaxing You are the ones that can't live without Africa and its resources.You are the ones that will always be coming to Africa. The time is coming soon when you will be banned from Africa.You will wither and die then. Even now you are jealous of Chinese partnership with Africa.They will get raw materials from Africa, become stronger and crush you.We will see how you survive and compete without resources from Africa.
No more free ressources from the Sahel region ( Mali, Burkina and Niger) . This is just the beginning. The day Africa gets its act together, hopefully very soon, French people will be migrating Africa for better life.
French can no longer live in luxury with precious metals now denied by western African countries. Serves them right. Poor Makkie; what a way to fade away.
While the Russians and Chinese in Africa are totally selfless! They are only there for the good of Africans! In the meantime, Russian propaganda works well... 😅
Yeah honestly this is not really what happened. The rare metals extracted from Africa are used in niche industries in France, you could argue that for some french firms those had huge potential but as of today, they are still niche in nature. The only product that the French extracted from western and northern Africa is mostly uranium and checking the prices the last few years, the African uranium was much more expensive than the Kazakhi uranium that the French also imported. The exploitation France had on western Africa was mostly for geopolitical issues that since the 2008 hasn't paid back in any meaningful way, they just want to keep their influence as much as possible. I am not going to support the French colonialism in any way, but the matter of fact is that the French colonialism wasn't even able to be profitable in recent years.
@@flyderz1424 I see we need to educate you once again. This is Not true France got 85% of their resources for their nuclear power plants from the Sahel, and they got it dirt cheap. Having to pay full price from Australia, or China is why their economy is failing. Just like Germany economy is suffering because they followed the US and got rid of CHEAP Russian gas.
Much like ww2, colonies are over and it’s time to be responsible for your own country and stop blaming others first your own short commings and independent but corrupt governments that you elect in a country that you were born in that was already independent. France made peace with Germany. The war is over. The colonies are over. Only the brain dead keep old grudges. Stop complaining and stop sleeping 3h at noon. Get up and do something positive for your environment and you’ll feel better already.
I love France/French folks, but they need to get off their high horse and start competing, this whole "we care more about life is baloney or they wouldn't be so pissed about low/stagnant wage: guess you can't enjoy life without sufficient amount of money, can you?
It has nothing to do with pension,that money for pension people had alredy gave from their pays during their work,it is young people that don't work like before they all want homeoffice or something like that.
You failed to mention that France have also lost the Sahel region in Africa to Russia together with all the natural resources like uranium to the Russians. This is going to depress France further.
You mean colonization and opressed the black people. This country is racist af. No local productivity and product. Only cringe fashion product which only feed the lust not the need
I’m African and,honestly that’s region is nothing compared to the other sectors…France issues r from lack of manufacturing,innovation,lack of production capacity…Europe too is lacking behind form China and us …
I love your videos ! I learn a lot from them ! Thankbyou very much and may God bless you always ! I would like to ask you a question: can you make a video expkaining to us here in Israel what is going on with our economy during this crazy war ? We see here in Israel some prices rising but in overall we dont feel the weight of this war in our wallets yet (and I work on minimum wage !) Such a long war (260+ days)..... How will this affect us ? Once again, thanks !
Great content. Concise, to the point , informative. Interestinf about falling birth rate, retirement age of 60, welfare state. Unsustainable against the 3 largest GDPs next 10yrs no?
Actually, the France wealth came mainly from Africa's colonial countries. When the African countries cut their valuable resources to France, France can never be recovered.
@@AlternativeTakes So france gold reserves reached 2602.42 tonnes in 2024, from where did it come from? Reaping Niger uranium, oil, gas etc is the fact not a fake news.
@@xy-aswansomeone sold this gold to france. Likely the dictator in the country you live in. Go check his bank account. Its a free market you should ask yourself why your country doesnt buy gold as edging strategy. Most likely your are from Mali for saying that bs. South qfrican compagnies pwn ur gold not france
@@Hero101010 France is not a great nation, France only one of the American puppet in Europe the same as Germany, Italy, UK etc. France has become an American clown since joining the NATO gangster organization and has to obey its master order.
France is "égalité, fraternité & liberté" only in words. Look out at the way they acted on there old colonies, especially Haiti. Free the world of french "égalité, fraternité & liberté" and free the world of colonisation.
*GDP is Grossly Distorted Propaganda* What is *Net Domestic Product* ??? What has happened to the depreciation of durable consumer goods since Sputnik? Can economists do algebra?
Mauvais esprit que de penser que la France pille éternellement les ressources africaines. les états africains indépendants vendent à qui veut bien acheter leurs matières. Mauvais esprit de toujours trouver un bouc émissaire,que les africains se prennent en charge, ils sont indépendants.
Lol keep crying about France while Russia, China and Sausi Arabia buy over your land and exploit your ressources for cheap. Even uranium, the one ressource we were really dependant on Africa for (Niger mostly) we know buy mostly from Kazakhstan. In the last 20 years France and Africa have massively reduced their trading partnerships and yet Africa Isn’t doing any better.
In 2012, despite the fall out from the 2008 Financial Crisis, London was full of optimism about the Olympics, with a wonderful buzz in the air. Fast forward to 2024, and visit Paris and you’ll find a population which hasn’t embraced it in the same way. Their attitudes were negative even before the announcement by Macron that there would be an election, and since then the place is full of gloom and doom. Chatting to a senior finance industry leader, he told me that Macron had made France investible again. However, if the left or right gain the upper hand, he felt that those hard-won successes would be lost, and his view was that London, Dublin, Amsterdam and Zurich would be the beneficiaries.
Nonsense about the French situation. For the rest, Africa is free and independent for decades. The situation you’re in is your making and responsibility. Stop complaining and blaming others for your short comings. Blame yourself and get to work to build the country you want for yourself and you will get what you work for. Don’t work and complain? You will keep the same old turn up country that is turn up amongst yourselves.
@@xtophgerard1169 another lie. they replaced it with neocolonism. which was more insidious and another deceitful s lie...the same way your lying now. we are smart now and the information is all out here.
@@xtophgerard1169 yet many r still using an outdated CFA currency France doesn’t use n pay a 500 million dollar fee yearly. Thats horrific neocolonialism and so Burkina Faso, Chad n Mali n Niger r leading the way. Can’t wait till France is a 4th world country from not being about to loot anymore n deals with the harshest karma n retribution
Colonies are gone and have been for decades. All Africa is free to improve their lives or sit and complain or tear each other up as they often do and then blame France for it. Nonsense. Your lives are in your hand. The life you have is of your own making. France dues not spend time blaming Germany for ww2 and you hinge move along well. Africa needs to do the same or you keep sleeping during the day and keep blaming France for all the problems you gave today even if you are fully responsible for the lives you have. Be positive and move along or sit down and complain and keep things exactly like they are: it’s up to you.
@@marcor5886 very few UK manufacturing jobs have been relocated to Poland, and those that have are where British workers are too expensive. Poland needs to avoid the middle-income trap, of not being able to increase its share of high tech manufacturing or service jobs. At present its lure is its cheap wages but that won’t last forever. Poland’s problem is that when wages rise, those factories which relocated there will move to cheaper locations such as Bulgaria and Romania, or indeed to Turkey. The Polish government recognises this dilemma, but to aid its growth Poland needs to develop its own world-class companies, and not be reliant on foreign firms.
@@CM73878 the point of my comment was that Brexit didn't have this huge impact on industry as they say. I agree 100% with your comment; Italy has a similar problem with salaries no longer cheap as they were with the lira, lost many manufacuring jobs mainly to China and can't compete with countries that use more advanced technologies with modern corporate organizations like Germany and northern Europe.
Borrow to fund extravagant pensions... Hm... Do I sense superficial analysis, coupled with British Anglican morality.... That is really not understanding the French economy, its biggest problems are over centralization and administrative burden. And since the liberalization of trade under WTO rules investment in small industry has been sucked out of the rural areas, and lot regions have deindustrialized. And high value services have clustered around administrative centers. This has exacerbated the issues of small scale and over specialization of most French businesses. This coupled with an excessive over protection of farm activities has made it difficult for the French economy to shift to a higher scale level. Also, a lot of big French businesses don't pay their fair share of taxes, specifically those that have ties to the State. Very often these invest in other countries to get monopoly rents to an absurd level.
The thing about Brexit is that it's a convenient tool to use to push an agenda. The truth of the matter the UK is performing no better or worse than most western European nations. That is Europe as a whole is in a managed decline, at least as a share of the global economy. 2008 messed us up real bad.
Austria 38 days of holidays UK 28 days of holidays. France 36 days of holidays. South Korea 31 days of holidays. USA no minimum legal... Japan 26 days of holidays. Paid holidays? UK 28 days. France 25 days. Source: Perplexity AI.
Once someone told me “French people are people that lives in heaven but riot and fight because they think they are in hell, maybe that’s why they’re in heaven” And I found that beautiful lol
I dunno, people are saying France is the best country in Europe to survive and thrive in the coming end of globalization and America footing the bill for everyone else's security and free trade
Retirement AT 60 years in France ? Not in your Dreams lol. I know several people who will have to work up to 68 Regarding long holiday they are about the same as what you get in Germany ans slightly more than what you get in the UK.
The French are growing disgruntled with Macron's administration as they enacted controversial policies especially the retiremement age hikes. The French have to be more productive and foster value-added industries to subdue stagnation.
Can't be more productive or foster value added industries when the people are just that lazy & complain non stop & when business regulations are out of control. The French voted specifically for all of this & then they cry a river when the economy sucks.
@@secrets.295 You’ll be please to know that France is one of the most productive country in the world, weather in terms of GDP per hour (being equal to Germany and higher than countries like England Japan or Australia) as for workers productivity and efficiency during workshift. Next time you trash on a country, at least try to do your research, it would avoid you to sound like an idiot
Yeah, more work and improve productivity. Nah, let's take a week long holiday, think about that over a many gallons of French wine before we decide anything that drastic. Once you enjoy the sweet life, it is vefy difficult to go back to the real world. It is like a drug. It is like watching TV in bed eating bon bons and wondering why you are getting so fat. Hello? Reality here.
Good reason to be so bold against the Russians in Ukraine. Wars always bring countries out of economic weakness. However, that said, make sure you win the war you start. Otherwise you are giving your enemies a better defeated country than when you started. Not really a great outcome as you expected.
The french model has been used in Danmark (and is of nordic origin) for more than 100 years and works great so the explanation of whats is wrong in France can't be thrue ..
The only thing the Europeans do not lag behind the United States is taking vacations. That's why we're the largest economy and the strongest military on earth.
don't get too smug. The US is nothing to write home about these days. We have plenty of our own problems here too. Overall lifestyle is far better in many European nations.
Western Europeans Americans Paticularly France are going to see long-term entrench unrecoverable suffering for the crimes against African people everywhere.
So funny. I worked all my life. Have you (I mean other than working your mouth full of old hate). FYI, see how France handled its grievances with Germany for ww2: they fit over it. Maybe something most of Africa needs to learn to do. All that blaming and hate will lead to nothing but zero change in your own independent country
Strange how all those France haters also take boats to immigrate there. Something wrong with their logic. Maybe those should blame their own independent (and for many decades) government, which is corrupt. But it’s easier to blame France for their own problems rather than their own culture and incompetence, because if they did, they would realize they would have to do something about it rather than sleep 3h in the afternoon and wake up just to complain about France… but you would need to be objective and honest with yourself to stop blaming others for your own incompetence and unwillingness to better things within 1km of where you live.
The pensions in Spain are insane! You have to talk about Spain’s out of control pensions because if it’s a problem in France, Spain’s is on another level.
When Macron was elected the 1st time as President the whole of France welcome him and put alot of trust upon him. After the 1st term he ran for a 2nd term although the result of his 5 yrs of presidency was nothing to boast about. French decided to give him a 2nd chance. 2 years into his 2nd term he proved himself to be arrogant, so full of himself despite his very poor results as President. Macron can be rated as the worst President of the 5th Republic of France, he smashed the record as the most incompetent President ever in french history. His push to defend Ukraine is his worst mistake, crippling french economy and plunging the country into a dire state of financial difficulties. Under his presidency he indebted France to almost 3 trillions euros with no end in sight. Under his presidency he increased french debts to 3 trillion from 1 trillion in only in 7 years. Macron will further increase french debt in the last 3 years of his presidency. His "love story with Zelensky" is beyond comprehension. Ukraine is not even a EU member. Today he won the election, by tarnishing the party that was majority in the 1st round. He married himself to the far left to prevent RN winning the election. Macron have given up french sovereignty to the USA to become the 51st State of the USA. French now have to suffer the last 3 years of Macron's presidency. Not a blissful thought nor encouraging.
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'Why the French are So Depressed about the Economy'. Tell us instead why you feel the need to promote such fantasies. Haven't you seen the videos of thousands of French people in a state of absolute jubilance?
And not a single mention of the war? French citizens' greatest complaints are about cost-of-living and inflation, at least half of which is due to the Ukraine war and the associated, largely self-destructive EU sanctions. While living standards deteriorate, Macron and the EU leadership he dutifully serves seem completely obsessed with their quest to expand their power and influence Eastward into Ukraine, at phenomenal cost and with no conceivable benefit to the French people. While Macron once sought a peace deal, he has become the war's biggest cheerleader, hinting at even sending the French army to fight the Russians in Ukraine. While the French are told the budget is unsustainable and they must cut pensions, there is unlimited cash to spend on weapons to send to Ukraine, all of which will have to be replaced.
France is the 15th highest country in terms of military help to Ukraine with a total value of 3 billions of military equipment given, 5B including what have been versed to the European help treaty. This is 3 times less than the UK, 4 times less than Germany and not very high in terms of their GDP, that’s without saying that they might see some of these weapons coming back once Overall, it’s all geopolitical and I can see the like of an European Union to support a sovereign country that is being invaded by a superpower for the sole reason that they wanted to join an alliance (which they have the right to do so)
I’m so glad that Russia and China took control of Africa. Prior to that they were independent and free run by governments they elected. Enjoy the Russians and Chinese presence. We all know how they treat their own people so… good luck with that. I understand it’s much better than dealing with democratic countries, but hey, you are all free, which means also free to make big mistakes. Just don’t come knocking on doors for help when things don’t turn well for you. Good luck.
'Why the French are So Depressed about the Economy'. Who are you to say that an entire nation of millions of people is 'depressed'? This is just English arrogance.
France has one of the highest fertility rates in Europe and indeed in the developed world. Highlighting unfavorable demographics in France, makes me believe everything else you said is garbage.
This is absolute nonsense. As recently as 2022, France had fertility rate of 1.79, THE highest in Europe: ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Fertility_statistics
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French maybe depressed but the President Macron is so happy & got plenty of money to send to Ukraine for war. You French die is not his problem as long as he get high salary & allowance from the state.
There's now nothing they can do.
Good news, Karma is real.
the problem in France is not pensions, it's public sector workers, France has the largest number of public workers in Europe, public administration and bureaucracy are everywhere, and these are unproductive sectors running at tax payer's cost! That's the real problem in France!
Exactly. France has 5.7 million civil servants for 30.1 million active citizens. It's way too much. A certain number are of no use and senior civil servants often have a lifestyle that drains public coffers.
Another problem is the lack of job creation and employers' mistrust of seniors and young people entering the job market, even though they want to work.
France is an overregulated country, which paralyzes initiatives, the economy in general and deters investors.
I add that France is led by incompetent liars who embellish their record in the media, but the facts contradict them.
Finally, for around 20 years, Americans and Germans, with the help of internal complicity, have done everything to weaken our energy independence and to undermine our industrial power.
Correct
@@Noorlander-ji1ok Germans are still living by Nazism, they freeloading from everywhere to stay superior.
@@Noorlander-ji1ok Regardless of whether a citizen is "active" (contributing in the economy?) or inactive, shouldn't civil servants serve all citizens with the myriad of problems that need to be addressed by paying a visit to a government office?
dont bother, we are folliwing here in germany , when over 50% work for the government we can call out the socialistic states of europe !
Acess to cheap resources from the Sahel is over. Françafrique is dying.
The CFA zone represents less than 1% of french trade. It doesn't matter at all wether France imports a couple of metals from there or from Australia, China and the others
@@flyderz1424they were exploiting the resources for „free“ … they basically just fund/support corrupt Gov in Afr and have free access to resources
@@flyderz1424 Not true France got 85% of their resources for their nuclear power plants from the Sahel, and they got it dirt cheap. Having to pay full price from Australia, or China is why their economy is failing. Just like Germany economy is suffering because they followed the US and got rid of CHEAP Russian gas.
Then let it go! @@flyderz1424
@@flyderz1424Nuclear plants is energy and therefore economy. So resources from Sahel are essential
The video discusses a clichéd idea of happy French retirees, with all their health needs accounted for by a generous state. The reality is that there is a shortage of doctors all over France. As in Japan, where retirement age (before one is ready or willing to retire) is mandated, French retirees may begin to feel lonely and depressed, as they find that they need to be more active. Of course, the contraction of employment is devastating.
Love these videos. Going to be interesting after the French elections especially with Marie Le Pen (depending on the results)
Yeah let's see how the far right copes with no money and a troubled economy. The French are about to learn that talk is cheap
Everyone in Europe will have to realise that the good times are not coming back
Or they realise that neo liberalism is shit and change their economic policy.
Yep
Deindustrialization. 😥 More and more European companies will focus mostly on tourism, entertainment (Euro Cup, Eurovision...), luxurious products (LV bags, perfume...). A few companies can be still relevant, like ASML, Zeiss (lens), Siemens. Even BASF and BOSCH expand facilities in China, but not in Europe. Europe lost from smartphone, software, AI, Autonomous, EV/Battery, Space (starLink...), 5G... The list goes on.
Because of the sanctions which backfire on Russia, and now stealing Russian money by the G7🤣🤣🤣☠️🤡🤡🤡
True
Terrible place to do business. Ridiculous amount of regulations. You do one minor wrong move and everybody started rioting. And then they wonder why trade deficit are so large and why the economy is so bad. 😂. You can't have it all people. Give some take some.
But isn’t EU membership great? More important than democracy apparently.
@@aleph8888 The EU is bad in itself. But the French love to add more regulations on top of the EU ones. For example, Germany has an ok-ish business environment despite being in the EU
Just hold it. It is not only France, but the whole continental Europe and the US are in quandary. The question is I don't see them capable of waging a war that would spell their ultimate decay and wither.
The all West is collapsing.. period. Living on debt is over .
Why? The highest taxes in the World
Good clear thinking throughout. Many thanks
No more looting of Africa's resources
They will eat grass and hate us for it.😂😂
Excessive government spending & french people government spending addiction does way more damage than losing their colonies (which should not have, just to be clear)
No more Africa coming here
@@RopethemalIVRopemaxing You are the ones that can't live without Africa and its resources.You are the ones that will always be coming to Africa. The time is coming soon when you will be banned from Africa.You will wither and die then. Even now you are jealous of Chinese partnership with Africa.They will get raw materials from Africa, become stronger and crush you.We will see how you survive and compete without resources from Africa.
@@RopethemalIVRopemaxingThey are coming for the resources your grandfather stone from them.
No more free ressources from the Sahel region ( Mali, Burkina and Niger) . This is just the beginning. The day Africa gets its act together, hopefully very soon, French people will be migrating Africa for better life.
They will first send a few million Africans back…. Le Pen may win the elections…
Free ressource ? Nope, iot was going to their governments. Also immigrants + development aid was way higher than that
Information is informative .
French can no longer live in luxury with precious metals now denied by western African countries. Serves them right. Poor Makkie; what a way to fade away.
While the Russians and Chinese in Africa are totally selfless! They are only there for the good of Africans! In the meantime, Russian propaganda works well...
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It has nothing to do with it and trade with these african countries represents less than 1% of french trade
Yeah honestly this is not really what happened.
The rare metals extracted from Africa are used in niche industries in France, you could argue that for some french firms those had huge potential but as of today, they are still niche in nature. The only product that the French extracted from western and northern Africa is mostly uranium and checking the prices the last few years, the African uranium was much more expensive than the Kazakhi uranium that the French also imported.
The exploitation France had on western Africa was mostly for geopolitical issues that since the 2008 hasn't paid back in any meaningful way, they just want to keep their influence as much as possible.
I am not going to support the French colonialism in any way, but the matter of fact is that the French colonialism wasn't even able to be profitable in recent years.
The French were getting ore at below market price so stop lying.
@@flyderz1424 I see we need to educate you once again. This is Not true France got 85% of their resources for their nuclear power plants from the Sahel, and they got it dirt cheap. Having to pay full price from Australia, or China is why their economy is failing. Just like Germany economy is suffering because they followed the US and got rid of CHEAP Russian gas.
No more colonies to rip off. Get out and earn a living....
More like we were subsidizing them for so long. Good riddance
Much like ww2, colonies are over and it’s time to be responsible for your own country and stop blaming others first your own short commings and independent but corrupt governments that you elect in a country that you were born in that was already independent. France made peace with Germany. The war is over. The colonies are over. Only the brain dead keep old grudges. Stop complaining and stop sleeping 3h at noon. Get up and do something positive for your environment and you’ll feel better already.
I love France/French folks, but they need to get off their high horse and start competing, this whole "we care more about life
is baloney or they wouldn't be so pissed about low/stagnant wage: guess you can't enjoy life without sufficient amount of money, can you?
France is a divided country and a democracy. You can't generalize.
Most French people don’t really work much, good times can’t last forever.
could be worse, could be german working hours.
French are way more productive than Americans you racist.
Urban legend. The 35 hour week is only the legal duration. It's mostly for junior jobs.
French workers have the highest productivity in the entire world.
@@jillybe1873 Now everyone knows that you are a Troll. Stop showing your ignorance, they can't even come close to the Chinese and Asians.
"Life is more than a GDP statistics" well as it turns out, enjoying life takes money innit?
It also takes time
Bye-bye African gold.
Lol. If only we could stop sending them foreign aid.
Cheap gas, oil and other resources from Russia is over!
It was largely the looting of Africa
Hi, where does the data for the pensions from Spain (2:06) come from? That number does not make sense. Good video btw!
It has nothing to do with pension,that money for pension people had alredy gave from their pays during their work,it is young people that don't work like before they all want homeoffice or something like that.
Foreign investment in reality is French companies being sold off abroad
You failed to mention that France have also lost the Sahel region in Africa to Russia together with all the natural resources like uranium to the Russians. This is going to depress France further.
You mean colonization and opressed the black people. This country is racist af. No local productivity and product. Only cringe fashion product which only feed the lust not the need
Good news. Karma is real
Excellent!
I’m African and,honestly that’s region is nothing compared to the other sectors…France issues r from lack of manufacturing,innovation,lack of production capacity…Europe too is lacking behind form China and us …
They also “forgot” to add they are losing CFA currency that was ripping off Africans as well. They are gradually starting to dump it
in germany the dominat feeling is serenity ? where did you ask? in the bundestag ?
I love your videos ! I learn a lot from them ! Thankbyou very much and may God bless you always !
I would like to ask you a question: can you make a video expkaining to us here in Israel what is going on with our economy during this crazy war ? We see here in Israel some prices rising but in overall we dont feel the weight of this war in our wallets yet (and I work on minimum wage !) Such a long war (260+ days)..... How will this affect us ?
Once again, thanks !
Compared with Italy, France is heaven on earth.
the problem with Italy is all the Italians living there.
I love Italy.
Compare Italy with Denmark - Then Italy is heaven on earth
Compared with death, life is great.
I suggest, u update your economic figures !
Wakey, wakey Europe.
Yeah wake up and abandon quasi-socialism. You either compete or you're left behind 😂
Great content. Concise, to the point , informative. Interestinf about falling birth rate, retirement age of 60, welfare state. Unsustainable against the 3 largest GDPs next 10yrs no?
Actually, the France wealth came mainly from Africa's colonial countries. When the African countries cut their valuable resources to France, France can never be recovered.
Keep telling yourself this story while living in a corrupt land
@@AlternativeTakes So france gold reserves reached 2602.42 tonnes in 2024, from where did it come from? Reaping Niger uranium, oil, gas etc is the fact not a fake news.
@@xy-aswansomeone sold this gold to france. Likely the dictator in the country you live in. Go check his bank account. Its a free market you should ask yourself why your country doesnt buy gold as edging strategy. Most likely your are from Mali for saying that bs. South qfrican compagnies pwn ur gold not france
France was already a great nation before setting foot in Africa. L take, ideologically captured.
@@Hero101010 France is not a great nation, France only one of the American puppet in Europe the same as Germany, Italy, UK etc. France has become an American clown since joining the NATO gangster organization and has to obey its master order.
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France is "égalité, fraternité & liberté" only in words. Look out at the way they acted on there old colonies, especially Haiti.
Free the world of french "égalité, fraternité & liberté" and free the world of colonisation.
Currently they are trying to israelise New Caledonia with settlers and all.
Why is s half decent pension wrong 😮.
@kangaroo1888 - nothing wrong with a half-decent pension unless it is state pension that the state cannot afford to pay it
Even so, there will still be enough funding for Ukraine.
What a gibberish data in Bulgaria this pension is per year, in Spain as well
Send more to Ukraine.😅
Send Macron , Brigitte, and the charlatan Bardela to the trenches in the Ukraine front lines.
Nothing to do with Ukraine kid
@@luciferjohnson8495 For some reason there's an enormous amount of bots in this comment section.
@@Tuppoo94 yea brother they are everywhere
*GDP is Grossly Distorted Propaganda*
What is *Net Domestic Product* ???
What has happened to the depreciation of durable consumer goods since Sputnik? Can economists do algebra?
A nation can only be ruled by Fools if the Fools voted in the Fools.
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Africa resources is running low😂france colonialism days are numbered so is the france golden age.
Their theft of African resources and their bullshyt currency CFA they don’t even use but forced the Africans to use is drying up
Mauvais esprit que de penser que la France pille éternellement les ressources africaines.
les états africains indépendants vendent à qui veut bien acheter leurs matières.
Mauvais esprit de toujours trouver un bouc émissaire,que les africains se prennent en charge, ils sont indépendants.
Lol keep crying about France while Russia, China and Sausi Arabia buy over your land and exploit your ressources for cheap. Even uranium, the one ressource we were really dependant on Africa for (Niger mostly) we know buy mostly from Kazakhstan. In the last 20 years France and Africa have massively reduced their trading partnerships and yet Africa Isn’t doing any better.
Do you have a demographic Que?
In 2012, despite the fall out from the 2008 Financial Crisis, London was full of optimism about the Olympics, with a wonderful buzz in the air. Fast forward to 2024, and visit Paris and you’ll find a population which hasn’t embraced it in the same way. Their attitudes were negative even before the announcement by Macron that there would be an election, and since then the place is full of gloom and doom. Chatting to a senior finance industry leader, he told me that Macron had made France investible again. However, if the left or right gain the upper hand, he felt that those hard-won successes would be lost, and his view was that London, Dublin, Amsterdam and Zurich would be the beneficiaries.
Better off with Martin sellner Austria Vienna Mixed Economy Thomas. Awesome thanks. 6.7% Unemployment Austria yes.
Why so depress ? So simple a question ; bcos decades old looting in Africa have to be stopped.
This is what happens when you can’t loot Africas resources anymore and they gradually dropping the CFA
Nonsense about the French situation. For the rest, Africa is free and independent for decades. The situation you’re in is your making and responsibility. Stop complaining and blaming others for your short comings. Blame yourself and get to work to build the country you want for yourself and you will get what you work for. Don’t work and complain? You will keep the same old turn up country that is turn up amongst yourselves.
@@xtophgerard1169 another lie. they replaced it with neocolonism. which was more insidious and another deceitful s lie...the same way your lying now. we are smart now and the information is all out here.
@@xtophgerard1169 yet many r still using an outdated CFA currency France doesn’t use n pay a 500 million dollar fee yearly. Thats horrific neocolonialism and so Burkina Faso, Chad n Mali n Niger r leading the way. Can’t wait till France is a 4th world country from not being about to loot anymore n deals with the harshest karma n retribution
So many pick pockets in Paris
Raus?
Proves poverty level 💯 %.
@@ishaks8152prouve qu' il y a une immigration incontrôlée et incontrôlable, c est ça la vraie raison
La cause c est l immigration.
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The population must wake up.in France
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Result of being friend with US.......
The Tea garden Missing the JINGLES MINERALS 😊
Living well by stilling from colonise , well will see now.
Colonies are gone and have been for decades. All Africa is free to improve their lives or sit and complain or tear each other up as they often do and then blame France for it. Nonsense. Your lives are in your hand. The life you have is of your own making. France dues not spend time blaming Germany for ww2 and you hinge move along well. Africa needs to do the same or you keep sleeping during the day and keep blaming France for all the problems you gave today even if you are fully responsible for the lives you have. Be positive and move along or sit down and complain and keep things exactly like they are: it’s up to you.
Take the France model over the us model any day of the week
Then stop complaining that the US economy is growing much faster than Europe's.
Every first developed nations population seems to be very pessimistic about the future. Things wont get better thats for sure.
It will be back to a 3rd world country in no time
Hold the phone here because all I see in the mainstream media is that the EU is heaven on earth and only Britain is in trouble.
You should read the French newspapers which will give you a rather different viewpoint. They realise they’re in trouble, big time.
The grass is always greener, but it still needs mowing.
The UK has lost some factories to Poland that they'd have lost anyway
@@marcor5886 very few UK manufacturing jobs have been relocated to Poland, and those that have are where British workers are too expensive. Poland needs to avoid the middle-income trap, of not being able to increase its share of high tech manufacturing or service jobs. At present its lure is its cheap wages but that won’t last forever. Poland’s problem is that when wages rise, those factories which relocated there will move to cheaper locations such as Bulgaria and Romania, or indeed to Turkey. The Polish government recognises this dilemma, but to aid its growth Poland needs to develop its own world-class companies, and not be reliant on foreign firms.
@@CM73878 the point of my comment was that Brexit didn't have this huge impact on industry as they say. I agree 100% with your comment; Italy has a similar problem with salaries no longer cheap as they were with the lira, lost many manufacuring jobs mainly to China and can't compete with countries that use more advanced technologies with modern corporate organizations like Germany and northern Europe.
Borrow to fund extravagant pensions... Hm... Do I sense superficial analysis, coupled with British Anglican morality....
That is really not understanding the French economy, its biggest problems are over centralization and administrative burden. And since the liberalization of trade under WTO rules investment in small industry has been sucked out of the rural areas, and lot regions have deindustrialized. And high value services have clustered around administrative centers. This has exacerbated the issues of small scale and over specialization of most French businesses. This coupled with an excessive over protection of farm activities has made it difficult for the French economy to shift to a higher scale level.
Also, a lot of big French businesses don't pay their fair share of taxes, specifically those that have ties to the State. Very often these invest in other countries to get monopoly rents to an absurd level.
When are our poor French friends not depressed?
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what can anyone do. its macro economics aka macronomics. oh well !!
No more looting of the Kanak.
Long gone luxiries of the romantic days .
That’ll teach them for voting for brexit. Oh, hang on a minute…
The thing about Brexit is that it's a convenient tool to use to push an agenda. The truth of the matter the UK is performing no better or worse than most western European nations. That is Europe as a whole is in a managed decline, at least as a share of the global economy. 2008 messed us up real bad.
Frexit will never happen. They're on the continent after all, unlike the UK.
@@EuropeanQoheleth - more or less why we should never have joined
@@EuropeanQohelethLet's hope Le Pen destroys the EU, from within!
Austria 38 days of holidays
UK 28 days of holidays.
France 36 days of holidays.
South Korea 31 days of holidays.
USA no minimum legal...
Japan 26 days of holidays.
Paid holidays?
UK 28 days.
France 25 days.
Source: Perplexity AI.
Austria is around 25ish.
I lived there for 6 years.
France is awesome. Best food, art, attractive people, sports, music, architecture, art, beaches and skiing, wine. What more do you need?
Fewer french people
@@valdomero738 the act like they’re better than us because they are.
@@TheBoomtown4 lmao no. Entitled lazy, rude, vulgar reprobates.
Once someone told me “French people are people that lives in heaven but riot and fight because they think they are in hell, maybe that’s why they’re in heaven”
And I found that beautiful lol
A long retirement to enjoy it!
I dunno, people are saying France is the best country in Europe to survive and thrive in the coming end of globalization and America footing the bill for everyone else's security and free trade
Retirement AT 60 years in France ?
Not in your Dreams lol. I know several people who will have to work up to 68
Regarding long holiday they are about the same as what you get in Germany ans slightly more than what you get in the UK.
I'm fed up with generalisations like this: what are the regional/sectoral figures? Differences matter for the future.
The French are growing disgruntled with Macron's administration as they enacted controversial policies especially the retiremement age hikes. The French have to be more productive and foster value-added industries to subdue stagnation.
Can't be more productive or foster value added industries when the people are just that lazy & complain non stop & when business regulations are out of control. The French voted specifically for all of this & then they cry a river when the economy sucks.
@@secrets.295 You’ll be please to know that France is one of the most productive country in the world, weather in terms of GDP per hour (being equal to Germany and higher than countries like England Japan or Australia) as for workers productivity and efficiency during workshift.
Next time you trash on a country, at least try to do your research, it would avoid you to sound like an idiot
Yeah, more work and improve productivity. Nah, let's take a week long holiday, think about that over a many gallons of French wine before we decide anything that drastic. Once you enjoy the sweet life, it is vefy difficult to go back to the real world. It is like a drug. It is like watching TV in bed eating bon bons and wondering why you are getting so fat. Hello? Reality here.
French are productive because most low skilled workers are unemployed .@@Erwanca
That's what happens when you say things based on emotions instead of facts. French are way more productive than Americans.
Good reason to be so bold against the Russians in Ukraine. Wars always bring countries out of economic weakness. However, that said, make sure you win the war you start. Otherwise you are giving your enemies a better defeated country than when you started. Not really a great outcome as you expected.
The french model has been used in Danmark (and is of nordic origin) for more than 100 years and works great so the explanation of whats is wrong in France can't be thrue ..
The West better hope that the wheels don't come off the much hyped green and/or AI revolution.
The only thing the Europeans do not lag behind the United States is taking vacations. That's why we're the largest economy and the strongest military on earth.
don't get too smug. The US is nothing to write home about these days. We have plenty of our own problems here too. Overall lifestyle is far better in many European nations.
Lazy country.
Western Europeans Americans Paticularly France are going to see long-term entrench unrecoverable suffering for the crimes against African people everywhere.
L éternelle rengaine,
It’s over you have to return to work again, folks
So funny. I worked all my life. Have you (I mean other than working your mouth full of old hate). FYI, see how France handled its grievances with Germany for ww2: they fit over it. Maybe something most of Africa needs to learn to do. All that blaming and hate will lead to nothing but zero change in your own independent country
That is shy fraNce wants to enter ukrainet war
So nothing to do with wine women and cheese. Must be all the rubber boats and motors.
I hope the french demand for more holidays , higher minimum wages and more welfare benefits. So that their jobs are outsourced to other countries.
Roumanie ne utiliser pas 💶. US né utiliser pas 💶. Pologne né utiliser pas 💶.that why France IS broken 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Strange how all those France haters also take boats to immigrate there. Something wrong with their logic. Maybe those should blame their own independent (and for many decades) government, which is corrupt. But it’s easier to blame France for their own problems rather than their own culture and incompetence, because if they did, they would realize they would have to do something about it rather than sleep 3h in the afternoon and wake up just to complain about France… but you would need to be objective and honest with yourself to stop blaming others for your own incompetence and unwillingness to better things within 1km of where you live.
Why? With leaders like Macron, thats why. Sending billions to Ukraine to fight an unwinnable war instead of helping its own people.
Peasant economy without Africa
This is one strong statement LOL so objective. The nonsense that people can come up with, unbelievable. Totally baseless
pls buy more coca cola & funny meat burgers from macdonalds
OH...THIS WAS THE REASON THAT IS WHY FRANCE OVER CHARGED FOR RAFALE JETS, SOLD TO INDIA.
The pensions in Spain are insane! You have to talk about Spain’s out of control pensions because if it’s a problem in France, Spain’s is on another level.
This makes France unproductive
Housing crisis in france
Not from where I am LOl
Spanish quality??? Spanish products are much better than uk , France or Italian produits
When Macron was elected the 1st time as President the whole of France welcome him and put alot of trust upon him. After the 1st term he ran for a 2nd term although the result of his 5 yrs of presidency was nothing to boast about. French decided to give him a 2nd chance. 2 years into his 2nd term he proved himself to be arrogant, so full of himself despite his very poor results as President. Macron can be rated as the worst President of the 5th Republic of France, he smashed the record as the most incompetent President ever in french history. His push to defend Ukraine is his worst mistake, crippling french economy and plunging the country into a dire state of financial difficulties. Under his presidency he indebted France to almost 3 trillions euros with no end in sight. Under his presidency he increased french debts to 3 trillion from 1 trillion in only in 7 years. Macron will further increase french debt in the last 3 years of his presidency. His "love story with Zelensky" is beyond comprehension. Ukraine is not even a EU member. Today he won the election, by tarnishing the party that was majority in the 1st round. He married himself to the far left to prevent RN winning the election. Macron have given up french sovereignty to the USA to become the 51st State of the USA. French now have to suffer the last 3 years of Macron's presidency. Not a blissful thought nor encouraging.
Non, la dette actuelle de la France est de 3150 milliards euros.
Macron y a contribué pour 1000 milliards environ, plusieurs raisons comme le covid
@@marylineflauw5659oui, faut que ceux qui ont eu de l’argent du Covid le rende pour réduire la dette. Mais personne ne va le faire LOL
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The EU is a complete disaster 😅
I dont think you have understood how France works.
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I told you so. Is it too late to cease Ai? Will everyone be laid off by Ai? Will Ai jobloss be the new normal? Swell robots doing everything. All so we can obey an Ai new world order?
'Why the French are So Depressed about the Economy'. Tell us instead why you feel the need to promote such fantasies. Haven't you seen the videos of thousands of French people in a state of absolute jubilance?
Is this Scottish accent or what
And not a single mention of the war? French citizens' greatest complaints are about cost-of-living and inflation, at least half of which is due to the Ukraine war and the associated, largely self-destructive EU sanctions. While living standards deteriorate, Macron and the EU leadership he dutifully serves seem completely obsessed with their quest to expand their power and influence Eastward into Ukraine, at phenomenal cost and with no conceivable benefit to the French people. While Macron once sought a peace deal, he has become the war's biggest cheerleader, hinting at even sending the French army to fight the Russians in Ukraine. While the French are told the budget is unsustainable and they must cut pensions, there is unlimited cash to spend on weapons to send to Ukraine, all of which will have to be replaced.
Da comrade
France is the 15th highest country in terms of military help to Ukraine with a total value of 3 billions of military equipment given, 5B including what have been versed to the European help treaty. This is 3 times less than the UK, 4 times less than Germany and not very high in terms of their GDP, that’s without saying that they might see some of these weapons coming back once
Overall, it’s all geopolitical and I can see the like of an European Union to support a sovereign country that is being invaded by a superpower for the sole reason that they wanted to join an alliance (which they have the right to do so)
No more colonial outposts in West Africa,France was literally enslaving 14 African countries but Russia and China liberated them
I’m so glad that Russia and China took control of Africa. Prior to that they were independent and free run by governments they elected. Enjoy the Russians and Chinese presence. We all know how they treat their own people so… good luck with that. I understand it’s much better than dealing with democratic countries, but hey, you are all free, which means also free to make big mistakes. Just don’t come knocking on doors for help when things don’t turn well for you. Good luck.
Time for Le Pen to take over.
'Why the French are So Depressed about the Economy'. Who are you to say that an entire nation of millions of people is 'depressed'? This is just English arrogance.
Who are you to say that an entire nation of millions is arrogant?
Even more than broken Brexit Britain...😂😅😆
Britain is currently faring better than France. Sorry.
@@romanpolanski4928 And better than Germany and China amongst others for that matter. 😃
France has one of the highest fertility rates in Europe and indeed in the developed world. Highlighting unfavorable demographics in France, makes me believe everything else you said is garbage.
That was 10 years ago fertility rate dropped to record low 1.5 children per Women including migrants in France
This is absolute nonsense. As recently as 2022, France had fertility rate of 1.79, THE highest in Europe: ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Fertility_statistics
Le taux de fécondité en France est de plus en plus bas.
Vive la koke.😂😂😂