EVERYyear, Sophiede Menthon, a Frenchentrepreneur, holds an event called J’aime ma boîte (Ilove my firm) inParis. The idea is to counterthenotion thatthe French don’t like work.
So if you are planning to take money out at the airport - whether it is a UK or international airport - head over to the ATM and walk straight past the bureau de change counter.
On the right, Mr de Villepin at least had the courage to try to counter the logic of job protection, but elsewhere has scarcely demonstrated an embrace of open markets.