It's true that the French does protest much. I remember not long ago the French farmers blocking roads to keep produce from being transported but I forget what they were protesting about. But I didn't know the protest is largely about their pension age and if that's the case I would just call it silly for them to do so. I think there would be larger issues at play that would cause them the protest movement to swell in its ranks. I don't know if liberalizing the economy is such a good thing for these people, as liberalizing used to sound nice until it became synonymous with globalization and lost jobs and wages. As for lowered taxes, it would be a good thing but it depends on who benefits from the lowered taxes. Is it them or is it the corporations, for example?At least Macron has the fiscal sense to lower taxes and liberalize the economy where it counts. I mean, gas tax aside, he has mostly tried to lower taxes and balance the budget. What these people are really protesting is the increase of their pension age from 50 to 60. That is still lower than the standard age of 65 in most countries, but the French have always had a culture of socialism and protest.