Why are others here focusing on "people to work more for less" as stated in the thread subject? It's just part of the proposed plan for spending cuts, as they are aiming to improve the country's budget deficit to be improved by the following years.

Besides, it's only 2 public holidays there that will be affected, and the reasons for selecting those are reasonable for me. Like for example, Easter Monday in France is a public holiday. In my country, there's no Easter Monday holiday. The long weekend is surely enough from Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday. No need to extend it on Monday and make it a working day instead.

Please read the article guys and don't focus on the thread title.