Good luck with that

France Generation-sandwich.

So people born from 1900 to around 1970 in red: basically, it’s no to Europe. Still scared from “Ze Germans” and still think De Gaulle as the Main Man. They don’t speak or read anything but French. They know though, that Europe needs to happen. Once they’ll pass away, because for now those old ass bitches rather go back to the Franc.

The slim orange Yes to Europe? My generations, which started working with the Euro. If I look around me, 80% of us lived or are living or plan to live somewhere else than in France. Some go as far as Australia or California. We’re all kind of reading  and speaking English and we could totally create this federal Europe because we grew up dreaming of and being fed with the American way of Life, freedom and big spaces. But we also know that we’re kind of screwed you know, globalization, fast food and debt culture and all that shit.

The “don’t give a fuck” generation is this generation which doesn’t really feel the need to build anything because they already have so much. They don’t have a conflict with boomers and my generation is translating everything to them, the entire US cultural influence and internet memes included. They’re probably scared to death for the future though. Or maybe not.

So only the smallest slice of 2011 France population is ready right now for this “political Europe”. Politicians, good luck with that.