France’s young protesters: Whatever it is, they’re against it.

Since March 31st, the Nuit Debout or "Stand Up at Night" movement has spread across Parisian city squares to protest the newly proposed labor reforms. These new reforms would essentially make it easier for an employer to fire an employee and also challenge France's famous 35 hour work week. However the article points out that while the policy change has inspired the grass roots movement, there seems to be no clearly articulated program or goals in place. For many this movement is more so an opportunity to show and demonstrate the need for change in their government style from an aristocratic representative system to a democracy of the people and by the people. The movement has been characterized as a persistent and tolerant expression of what citizens seek to change about their country's leadership style. 

--Kassie Whaling--

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/frances-young-protesters-whatever-it-is-theyre-against-it/2016/04/21/47a3fb2a-0651-11e6-bfed-ef65dff5970d_story.html