“French industry has been ruined by overly powerful unions and their political allies in the Socialist Party. One would be crazy these days to open a factory in France with its absurd 35-hour work week, endless vacations, surly unions, strikes, and social costs that add 50% to worker’s salaries. Laying off workers during downturns or closing plants involves siege warfare. French universities keep churning out unemployable graduates in social anthropology, sociology, and film-making. Government in France employs 56% of all workers, an unsustainable cost that, with retirement at 60 and unemployment benefits – now 32% of GDP – is bleeding the economy to death.”
http://ericmargolis.com/2013/06/is-la-vie-en-rose-over-for-france/
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