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EVEN in a country used to trade union protest and paralysis, the past few years in France have been incredibly chaotic.
French companies currently have to study 400,000 regulations, explained in 23,000 pages of official documents. This was the worst number for closures for six years, and highlighted how difficult life is for entrepreneurs in the country that invented the word.Bouet, a 42-year-old mother of five who runs a restaurant in Vichy, central France, said: “I work hard to try and get by, but it is getting tiresome working just to survive.”
Beyond the bureaucracy, all employers in France have to face up to the constant threat of trade union-led strike action, the kind that would become very popular in the UK if Labour gets into power.Some 16million visitors from all over the world are expected in France for the event, which is costing upwards of £8billion, so disruption would be an unmitigated disaster.
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