法国财政部长敦促延长工作时间, 在抵制劳工改革的情况下刺激经济增长。 French Finance Minister urges longer work hours to boost growth amid resistance to labor reforms.
法国财政部长阿曼德(Antoine Armand)敦促公民更努力地促进经济增长, French Finance Minister Antoine Armand has urged citizens to work more to enhance economic growth, citing that shorter hours compared to other Europeans lead to lower tax contributions and social security payments. 政府正在探索改革,以刺激增长,同时力求到2025年将公共赤字降至国内生产总值的5%。 The government is exploring reforms to stimulate growth while aiming to reduce the public deficit to 5% of GDP by 2025. 然而,对2000年确立的35小时工作周的任何改变都面临工会的强烈抵制。 However, any changes to the 35-hour work week, established in 2000, face significant resistance from trade unions.