Why in France changes are unlikely to happen

In France, things never seem to change. French are traditionalists and changes are therefore difficult to realize. But what are the reasons why changes in France are so unlikely to happen? What is it, that makes it so difficult in France to make changes as something that happens?

An ordinary Tuesday afternoon in Paris: As usual, the streets are filled with people carrying balloons and stickers. Angry farmers, angry government officer, and angry primary school teachers are protesting and asking for better salaries. This is only one part of the endless list of sectors of the French economy that has been asked by their trade union to protest against the changes.

Living "like a God in France" is a saying applicable to vacationers in France, but absolutely not to the French themselves: to them, life is nothing but worrisome. They are facing high unemployment rates, fear of new terror attacks and an important political division. What is left of pillars that are the basis of the French republic: Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité? And what does it mean actually, to be French, today? Dutch Parisian Wilfred de Bruijn uncovers an intriguing country, full of contradictions, far away from the cliches we all know.

The world is changing rapidly, but the French do not seem to want to go along. They hang on to their cultural heritage and fight change as much as they can. It's not for nothing that the French are known as a protesting nation. Protests in France are part of the French culture: protesting begins at school already. The French cross at every turn against new reforms, keep up with the passion of their own language and cherish their traditions. This love for the French way of doing things is admirable, but is it perhaps preventing France from moving on to the 21st century?

Original Title: Op zoek naar Frankrijk: veranderen? jamais! (6/7)
Presentation: Wilfred de Bruijn
Directors: Stefanie de Brouwer, Erik Lieshout
Chief Editors: Stefanie de Brouwer, Olaf Oudheusden
Research: Ilse van der Velden, Alexandre Horiot, Olaf Oudheusden
Anna Prichard, Pauline Cazaubon, Ouafia Kheniche, Marijn Kruk
Armelle Belaunde-Gautret, Gwenaelle Le Gall
Camera: Jackó van ‘t Hof, Joost van Herwijnen
Sound: Rik Meier, Arno Hagers
Editing: Obbe Verwer
© VPRO March April 2016

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