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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Mixed message in France’s letter about fertility

Woman checking pregnancy test.
We have been ‘conditioned to believe that the very idea of a viable future is limited’. Photograph: Getty

As a 24-year-old French man, I think this plan (France’s letters to 29-year-olds to remind them to have babies is a spectacular missing of the point, 10 February) reveals a mind‑boggling lack of understanding by our country’s leaders of what is actually going through the minds of our generation.

For as long as I can remember, teachers, scientists and the media have been telling us that the world is essentially ending and that life on Earth will not endure. The tone varies, but that is the general message we have grown up with.

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