EU labor laws protect the workers. I dont get why US Americans often think these laws dont benefit the workers.
I am not sure, at least for France, that it's "all workers". For example the "code du travail" is excessively complex as it describes many kind of different private sector workers with very different rights. As a rule of thumb if you work in a large company you are well protected. In other cases it's very different, which partly explains the violence in the society.
> partly explains the violence in the society
What's that about? Could you please explain?