With a quarter of French workers employed by the state the largest share in Europe the 35-hour week may serve merely to increase their ranks, says Mr Saint-Paul, eroding private-sector productivity gains.

ECONOMIST: Economics focus

Yet Gilles Saint-Paul, an economist at the University of Toulouse, adds that some of the increase in women's part-time work might be because their husbands' wages are frozen thanks to the 35-hour law.

ECONOMIST: Economics focus

The departure from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport and the arrival on the South Lawn are open press.

WHITEHOUSE: President's Schedule

The departure from the South Lawn and the arrival at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport are open press.

WHITEHOUSE: President's Schedule

Reopened two years ago after an extensive renovation, the court contains marble and bronze figurative works by 19th and 20th Century American sculptors like Hiram Powers, Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Paul Manship.

BBC: Celebrating movement amid sculpture

Currently, he's in the midst of a 3-year appointment as Artistic Partner with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and he's the Pianist-in-Residence at the Berlin Philharmonic.

NPR: Pierre-Laurent Aimard and the Art of the Etude

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether aggressive housing-code enforcement in the City of Saint Paul amounts to racial discrimination.

FORBES: Supreme Court Takes Case Where Landlords Claim Discrimination

Joshua Koestenbaum, associate principal cellist of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Sergiu Luca, an acclaimed early-music specialist, were invited to show them off.

ECONOMIST: Celebrating a mighty era of violin-making