https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed French President Emmanuel Macron's cabinet on Wednesday approved his ambitious plans to relax the country's rigid labour laws, the main plank of his bid to bring down stubbornly high unemployment. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170628/macrons-government-french-government-fires-opening-salvo-in-bid-to-reform-labour-market Wed, 28 Jun 2017 19:46:22 +0200 macrons-government-french-government-fires-opening-salvo-in-bid-to-reform-labour-market French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Monday retreated on controversial labour reform plans opposed by the left flank of his Socialist Party, setting a new round of consultations on the proposals. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160229/french-government-wobbles-on Mon, 29 Feb 2016 17:22:53 +0100 french-government-wobbles-on The French president took to live television on Thursday night to announce that reforms will soon be passed that would see more flexibility in France’s labour market, but no loss of security. But will it be enough? https://www.thelocal.fr/20160212/hollande-flexisecurity-reform-jobs Fri, 12 Feb 2016 10:18:03 +0100 hollande-flexisecurity-reform-jobs French unions and business leaders entered into what are expected to be fraught negotiations on Thursday to try to thrash out a deal that could see key changes to France’s rigid labour market. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141009/france-labour-market-reforms Thu, 09 Oct 2014 13:24:30 +0200 france-labour-market-reforms The EU issued some strict orders for France to get its house in order on Wednesday. The European Commission told France to overhaul its costly pension system and loosen up its inflexible labour market but there was at least some good news for Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130529/eu-orders-france-to-reform-pensions-and-jobs-market Wed, 29 May 2013 18:27:00 +0200 eu-orders-france-to-reform-pensions-and-jobs-market