Lack of labour market reform will restrict France’s recovery

Although the French economy appeared to make a decent start to the year, surveys published this week supported our view that the recovery’s underlying momentum will remain very weak.And the Government’s watered-down labour market reform bill will neither boost employment nor reassure firms, exacerbating the problem.

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