Slyhunter is somewhat mistaken. According to Fox News, this is what Macron (paraphrasing) actually said:
French President Emanuel Macron, his political career in peril and his country engulfed in increasingly violent protests, pleaded with the country's employers Monday to give their workers a bonus and also promised a reduction in taxes in a bid to restore order after demonstrations have deeply shaken the nation during the past month.
The French president promised to speed up tax relief and urged companies to give bonuses to struggling workers by the end of the year.
"I would ask all employers who can, pay an end-of-year bonus to their employees," he said.
Among his pledges Monday, Macron reiterated his promises to raise the minimum wage and abolish taxes on overtime pay starting Jan. 1 -- several months ahead of schedule. He also said a tax hike pensioners faced would be scrapped.
All of the measures offered had been demanded by the yellow-vested protesters who have led four weeks of increasingly violent demonstrations against Macron's presidency, which is seen by demonstrators as favoring the rich.
Macron promises 'all means' to restore calm after Paris riots, pledges to speed up tax relief
Sly said: "He promised year end bonus checks, guaranteed jobs with living wages upon graduation from college, pay raises to pay the $7.00 a gallon gas price."
None of that is true. He ASKED for the bonus checks, not promised. There was nothing about guaranteed jobs with living wages, although he did promise to raise the minimum wage, and also nothing about pay raises to pay for gasoline. I don't know where this stuff came from, but it didn't come from Macron's mouth today.
And if anyone is seriously thinking about moving to France, I would advise you to think again. It ain't a good place to live or even visit these days. And things are not likely to improve there either, for the foreseeable future.