The route for protest marches in Paris runs along our boulevard. The cycle of French life is that, every few years, the government tries to make everyone work longer, until a popular uprising kills the plan. With Emmanuel Macron wanting to raise the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64, the uprising has resumed. The other day I squeezed out of our building, past the Communist party stand in front of our door, on to the street packed with marchers, and scanned the banners: “Giving one’s life to the boss, no!”
巴黎的抗議遊行路線經過我們家所在的林蔭大道。按照法國生活的週期規律,每隔幾年,政府就會試圖讓每個人工作更久,直到一場全民抗爭推翻相關計劃。隨著艾曼紐•馬克宏(Emmanuel Macron)希望將最低退休年齡從62歲提高到64歲,抗爭再次發生。前幾天,我好不容易擠出我們家的大門,走過法國共產黨設在我們門前的攤點,走到擠滿遊行人羣的街道上,看了看橫幅:「把我們的人生奉獻給老闆?不!」