Vive la Retraite!

Across France, demonstrators took to the streets to protest the government's plan to raise the retirement age.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Protesters in Bordeaux take part in a national strike against a government reform bill that would raise the retirement age to 62 on Sept. 23. French President Nicolas Sarkozy's support of the bill has been unpopular. In the above poster, the slogan across his face reads, "Is this man dangerous?"

PIERRE ANDRIEU/AFP/Getty Images

 
 

GAUTHIEREYMARD

4:24 AM ET

September 28, 2010

Translation

The translation is inaccurate. It reads:
"Out! Because they're not worth it"

 

GAUTHIEREYMARD

4:25 AM ET

September 28, 2010

Re: Translation

PS: on the 5th picture.