10 clichés about France proved wrong once and for all!

[Kennah]

Saw this on the FB page of the French Embassy.

https://www.facebook.com/FranceInTheUs

http://www.gouvernement.fr/en/attractiveness-productivity-taxes-10-cliches-about-france-proved-wrong-once-and-for-all

1. FRANCE IS ON THE DECLINE

France is the fifth largest economy in the world by GDP, and the second largest in Europe, with more than 65 million consumers. (IMF 2014, Eurostat 2014) France has the second highest fertility rate in Europe (Eurostat, 2014), with a birth rate that has remained constant for 40 years, unlike in Germany, Italy, or Spain. (INED, 2014)

2. THE FRENCH DON’T WORK HARD ENOUGH

On average, employees in France work longer hours than in Germany: 44.3 hrs vs. 42.9 hrs for managers, and 36.2 hrs vs. 34.5 hrs for non-managers. (Eurostat, 2014). France is ranked sixth in the world for hourly labor productivity, ahead of Germany (7th) and the United Kingdom (13th). (The Conference Board, 2014)

[uppityperson]

1. “THE FRENCH JUST DON’T HAVE A WORD FOR ‘ENTREPRENEUR’…”????

Bwahahahahahahaha.

[Kennah]

2. Satire was saved with that one

[CTyankee]

4. I was under the impression that Bush actually said that but it turns out he didn't and

I was disappointed.

[JDPriestly]

3. K&R. France is a wonderful country.

But the cheese is really, really good even if France does have other exports. If it only had its cheese, that would be good enough.

[CTyankee]

5. and the wine. And the cuisine.

[DrDan]

7. and the people - we stay outside of Paris and have always found the French to be friendly and

helpful with a great sense of humor

[NaturalHigh]

6. While interesting, and probably mostly true...

this is a handout produced by the French government. It's not like they're going to say "Well yeah, France sucks."

[Kennah]

8. I think of it as an amicus curiae in Paris v. Fox