That's the French public. They're already doing this, without this article's influence.

Ask a random English-speaking person (because this article is in English) about austerity measures, and half of the time, their first response will be to look up the definition. What will they find?

After they look up the definition, ask if they would support austerity measures, without being specific. What will they say?

If you instead ask them if they would support slashing the education budget, do you think they would say something different?

We don't have to play this game where they slash the education budget and then dress it up with flowery language to make it more marketable, or to avoid accountability.