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Where in Europe do you live?
People with school children usually get preferential treatment for the summer months and obviously not all people can take their holidays the same time.
Not author of the comment here, but I've lived in Italy and France and also never had a full month off since my school days.
But it's because of my personal choice to avoid spending all my unpaid leave in one go (and in the most expensive and crowded time of the year, too). Not for the lack of that possibility.
I lived in the UK.
Did you live in a part of the UK that was never governed by a Thatcher ministry?
If such a part exists in the UK, then surely it is the best part to live today.
News flash. The UK is not part of Europe and in fact emulates all the wonderful American policies that favour the owner class
Did the UK detach itself from the earth's surface and move to another continent while I've been gone?
The UK left the EU, they're still in Europe.
Edit: the cheek of starting such an idiotic comment with "news flash" is astounding.
The issue is social and political, not geographical, and not particularly related to Brexit, except tangentially.
In which European countries does everyone get all of August off?
I live in the Netherlands and I can take 5 weeks vacation whenever I want. I just need to coordinate with my team and I can go.
Most people in Finland have a 4 week summer vacation they get to spend somewhere from june to august.
I'm on the continent and yeah it's totally different to the UK. I couldn't find a plumber or electrician if I wanted to. I'm waiting for September to get stuff fixed. Ordered a ski jacket a couple of weeks ago and got an email saying the factory is closed until the 28th, then they'll be working on the backlog lol
I always wondered how that worked.
If everyone takes time off at the same time then...nothing gets done. Interesting.