France is the leader in Europe in terms of attracting foreign companies. The consulting firm EY Consulting presented its Barometer 2023 for the attractiveness of France. The company has been helping companies choose their international locations for more than 20 years. For the fourth year in a row, France comes out on top. After surveying […]
He has no regrets, Emmanuel Macron said in a television interview with TF1 and France 2 on Wednesday. The French President ruled out new elections or a government reshuffle, despite fierce protests and a vote of no confidence that was narrowly survived. Macron defended his pension reform, which aims to gradually raise the retirement age […]
In a consultation with his ministers in the Élysée Palace, President Emmanuel Macron had made the decision for this special path, which provides for pushing through a legislative project without a vote in parliament. The consultation was not only about raising the official retirement age from 62 to 64, but above all about the President’s […]
France is once again facing massive protests against pension reform. Train and air traffic will probably be hit hardest. Transport Minister Clément Beaune, a close confidant of President Emmanuel Macron, warned, “It will be one of the most difficult days we’ve seen”. And Beaune is convinced that “the strikes will not stop on March 7”. […]
Eating oysters in Brittany or sipping rosé wine in Provence at the age of 62. That’s the stereotype of France’s pensioners. In fact, many French people have been able to retire at 62 without deductions if they completed the 41 or 42 years of contributions required, depending on their year of birth. This is because, […]
In his New Year’s Eve speech, Emmanuel Macron set the mood for 2023 as the “year of pension reform“. The long-planned reform is to be presented tomorrow, Tuesday. This date has been postponed several times, most recently in December because of the soccer World Cup: The president did not want to spoil the soccer enthusiasm. […]
Éric Ciotti would have liked to become France’s president this year. But Valérie Pécresse prevailed against him in the conservative Republicans’ primary election campaign and ran as the top candidate against Emmanuel Macron.Now the 57-year-old Ciotti has won a belated victory: He was elected the new president of the Republicans by party supporters in a […]
German Economics Minister Robert Habeck and French Finance and Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire advocate responding to the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) with their own subsidy programs if necessary. If the current negotiations between the EU Commission and the US government do not produce any results, it would be appropriate to respond to the […]
On Wednesday, the two heads of state met with their teams for lunch at the Élysée Palace. In the end, they did have a lot to say to each other. The one-on-one meeting, originally scheduled for just 20 minutes, ended up lasting three hours.In the run-up to the meeting, the French side had made it […]
A nationwide strike day is planned for today in France. Work stoppages have been announced across all sectors, including local and long-distance transport, refineries, the utility EDF and schools. By extending the protests, the unions want to put pressure on the government.However, it was already apparent on Monday that the strikes would be limited, especially […]