January 18, 2016 04:31 pm | Updated September 23, 2016 06:33 pm IST - PARIS
French President Francois Hollande, waves out of his car after he honored late policewoman Clarissa Jean-Philippe who died in last year's January attacks in Montrouge south of Paris, Saturday Jan. 9, 2016. Hollande is honoring 17 victims killed in Islamic extremist attacks on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, a kosher market and police a year ago this week, unveiling plaques around Paris marking violence that ushered in a tumultuous year. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)
French President Francois Hollande has declared what he called “a state of economic emergency” and says it’s time to redefine France’s economic and social model.
The first measures he proposed are relatively modest, and he said they would not “put into question” the 35-hour workweek. He did not seek to assume any new emergency powers.
The measures included a loosening of some worker-friendly measures to encourage companies to hire, and new training for half a million workers.
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