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'France faces last chance to reform labour market, but must not become like UK and US'

Fri, 23 Jun 2017 19:09:46 +0200

The head of France's biggest employers federation said on Friday that President Emmanuel Macron represented the last chance to reform the country's rigid labour market, but did not want the country to end up like the US or the UK.

Job reforms satisfy no one as French bosses threaten revolt

Tue, 19 Apr 2016 18:01:05 +0200

France’s socialist government is taking the heat from both sides as French business leaders threaten all out war over the watered down labour reform bill.

French ministers and bosses fall out of love

Wed, 03 Dec 2014 16:13:00 +0100

The French PM Manuel Valls might have said he "loved business" but there was no love lost this week after a war of words broke out between ministers and employers over a key reform aimed to drag the country out of its economic quagmire.

Why company bosses in France have had enough

Tue, 02 Dec 2014 17:44:00 +0100

As business owners in France hold a week-long uprising against red tape and taxes, the head of one of the main unions behind the action told The Local why business leaders in France are at their wits end.

French business owners protest red tape and tax

Mon, 01 Dec 2014 17:00:00 +0100

UPDATED: After protests by French pilots, pharmacists, farmers, and teachers in recent months on Monday it was the turn of the country's business owners to take to the streets. But what exactly have they got to complain about?

'We just don’t work hard enough in France'

Thu, 25 Sep 2014 20:07:00 +0200

The head of France’s leading employers' association has once again risked the wrath of the country's workers by claiming they don’t work hard enough. His provocative statement comes after his group called for a cut in the number of public holidays.

'I love business': French PM woos employers

Wed, 27 Aug 2014 19:11:00 +0200

A day after naming a new reformist cabinet French PM Manuel Valls faced members of the country’s powerful employers' union, who gave him a standing ovation after telling them "I love business" and that France and Germany needed to stay close.

Bosses' leader: business being 'strangled'

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:54:00 +0200

The head of France's MEDEF employers' association, Laurence Parisot, voiced alarm Tuesday over the eurozone debt crisis, warning that the 17-nation bloc faced "a moment of truth."

'Miracle' if France keeps AAA: regulator

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:54:00 +0100

It would be a miracle for France to retain its triple-A credit rating, threatened by the eurozone debt crisis, the head of its main market regulator said on Tuesday.

Marine Le Pen slams union leader

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:59:00 +0200

A war of words has broken out between the leader of the far-right Front National, Marine Le Pen, and the equally forthright head of the Medef employers' group, Laurence Parisot.

Bosses' leader blames US for euro problems

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:33:00 +0200

Laurence Parisot, the head of the influential bosses' organization, Medef, has hit out at what she sees as deliberate attempts by the US to shift their own economic woes to Europe.

'Bosses' boss' likens sexism to racism

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:56:00 +0200

The leader of France's main employers' organisation, Laurence Parisot, has launched an attack on the enduring sexism in French society in the wake of the scandal involving IMF head Dominique Strauss Kahn.