French firms are burdened by overly rigid Labour - and product-market regulation, exceptionally high taxes and the euro zone's heaviest social charges on payrolls.

法国的公司承担的巨大的劳工和市场的管理条例，特别是高额的税收和欧盟区最高的社保支付。

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This is chiefly linked to rigid labour-market rules and payroll charges on employers, which between them keep labour costs high and deter job creation.

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The same is true of Labour's repeated charges of growing wage inequality and job insecurity.

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In September 2010, the government announced it would not back a pledge made by Labour to scrap parking charges in England's hospitals, saying the plan could not be justified.

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