This French pastime (fixed that for ya) is quite useful actually. It's better that arguing endlessly over the meaning of some Second Amendment written over 200 years ago, and whose meaning and purpose have been rendered moot by contemporary reality.

Constitutions are just super-laws, they're not god-given.

And btw changing the constitution requires approval by 60% of the Congress (National Assembly + Senate)

Then allow N+1 MPs to cancel any law passed by a vote of N MPs. They'd just have to request it. Then, a law passed by 10% of the assembly => immediately cancelled, by 90% => unlikely.

In light of that comment, the fact that the guy at the top of the "ladder" (i.e. designing the company strategy rather that the product) is making (so much) more, would seem more phallocratic than rational... ?

Err... No. In France, at least, you get benefits only if you get fired. Granted, if you're desperate you can apply for minimum wage, but good luck living with that...