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Getting the French to Work
Monday 23 June 2008 11:00-11:30 (Radio 4 FM)
When she was appointed as France's first female finance minister, Christine Lagarde said it was time for her countrymen to roll up their sleeves and work more. Now Madame Lagarde is championing a major bill to modernise the French economy. Alasdair Sandford finds out how the former top lawyer is influencing attitudes to work in France, a country famed for its long lunch hours and 35-hour working week.
