What do you hope to see when the post lands on your doormat each day? An exciting invitation? A postcard from a friend abroad? A payslip attached to a letter announcing company-wide bonuses? Well, if you’re a 29-year-old living in France, prepare to be bitterly disappointed. Because what the government is sending you via La Poste is a warning that your biological clock is ticking. Accélère! Allez allez! Have a baby now! Before it’s too late!
The overbearing measure is part of a 16-part plan to increase France’s birth rate. This strategy, rather than questioning the economic barriers to parenthood that the government could actually change, instead zooms in on infertility, with officials signposting to available help for those struggling to conceive. Read: it’s not them that’s inadequate, it’s you.
