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Structural crisis - Is France next for Europe's intensive-care ward?

October 14, 2014

The French economy seems to be losing whatever competitiveness it once had. Critics say high wages, a 35-hour-work week and powerful unions are deterring investment. It's expensive to produce in France. But with unemployment running above 10 percent, the country urgently needs jobs.

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Made in Germany analyzes the problems besetting Europe's second-largest economy. Report by Joanna Gottschalk.