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French PM looks to scrap two public holidays in bold bid to cut national debt

by khurs on 7/15/25, 10:18 PM with 4 comments

• by jasonthorsness on 7/15/25, 10:44 PM

  "He said the various bank holidays had turned the month of May into a gruyère - a Swiss cheese full of holes"

  Can't say I understand how scrapping the holidays cuts the national debt, but points for the fun analogy from the politician proposing this.

• by jjgreen on 7/15/25, 10:28 PM

  On arriving in France to start a new job, I was surprised to find that the French don't roll-over to Monday those bank holidays which land on the weekend. Some years it turns out that quite a few do, and that's know as une année du patron.