France
France's fiscal follies
15.06.2007
By: André Sapir, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Why Commissioner Almunia is right to urge France to stick to its commitment under the SGP.
Does Sarkozy mean what he says?
04.06.2007
By: Wolfgang Münchau
I think he does, and this means there is a lot of trouble ahead for the rest of us in Europe.
Sarkozy's plans for the euro area are bad economic governance
28.05.2007
By: Wolfgang Münchau
Nicholas Sarkozy has threatened to make a proposal to "strengthen" economic policy co-ordination within the euro area. He wants drive down the value of the euro, to allow France to run bigger deficits, and to harmonise taxes - in other words everything that gives policy co-ordination a bad name.
So Few Great French Places To Work
21.05.2007
By: Nicolas Véron, Bruegel
In the ranking of the "Great Place To Work Institute", France comes off disastrously in this ranking, last of all participating European countries with only four companies in the top 100. There are many possible causes - hierarchical management model, corporate paternalism, confrontational unions, rigidities of a planned economy, nationalizations, and a long legacy of corporatism. But while the exact cause may elude analysis, it is more important to step up awareness of the problem itself.