Economics
The French President Is Spending His Summer Fighting Unions
Macron wants major labor reforms in place by September.
Macron Seeks to Liberalize French Labor Market
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President Emmanuel Macron is wasting no time tackling the most explosive item on his economic policy agenda: loosening France’s famously rigid labor laws.
On June 28, only 10 days after winning a majority in Parliament, he unveiled a package of far-reaching reforms, including measures fiercely opposed by labor unions that would give employers a stronger hand in collective bargaining and make it easier and less expensive for them to fire workers.