Squeezed French millennials blame boomers in backlash over soaring deficit


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  • Friday, 05 Sep 2025

FILE PHOTO: Protesters hold a banner which reads "Struggle" during a demonstration organised by the CGT Spectacle labour union to denounce budget cuts in the cultural sector, in Avignon, France, July 16, 2025. REUTERS/Manon Cruz/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) -A viral French X account has tapped into rising generational tensions in France, where squeezed millennials rallying under the slogan "Nicolas foots the bill" say that better-off baby boomers should do more to fix the country's huge deficit.

With the government facing collapse over how to plug the euro zone's biggest deficit, younger workers are increasingly accusing the boomer generation, those born between 1945 and 1964, of saddling France with unsustainable debt.

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