
Why is France unable to reach social compromises?
With a tenth general strike in France against the pension reform, an exit is needed from decrees and street clashes towards negotiated governance.
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Guillaume Duval is adviser to the Jacques Delors Institute, former editor-in-chief of Alternatives Economiques and former speechwriter of HRVP Josep Borrell.

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