Re: French politics

On Mon, 07 May 2007 16:47:39 GMT, Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Eeyore wrote:


Joerg wrote:


Eeyore wrote:

John Larkin wrote:


Europe's economy...... sure needs a kick in the ***.

Why exactly ?


Take a look at the unemployment numbers.


We're doing fine here.


In the UK maybe. Isn't it around 6%? That would be ok but not exactly
"fine" IMHO. However, John was talking about Europe and not just the UK.

Is the UK in Europe? They can't seem to really make up their minds,
which is understandable.

The UK and Ireland seem to be doing very well lately. France, Germany,
and Spain less well, with possibly bad demographics looming. But
modern economies are so productive that nobody in Europe is going to
go hungry or anything radical.


AFAIK the unemployment numbers in many continental European countries
are hovering above 10%. That's quite worrisome.

Chart 6 in this study might also cause quite a bit of concern for the UK
if I understand it right:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~blnchflr/papers/speeches/qb070118.pdf

Where is the hope for your kids?

The european solution is simple: don't have kids!

John

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