DECRYPTION – The disturbed social climate is tensing up investors, while their perception of France has been improving steadily for several years.
It was a trend that was just beginning to emerge last year and which seems to be confirmed: the old French demons are resurfacing. Social climate, labor costs, dismissal procedures, administrative complexities… Foreign investors had obviously not completely discounted these black spots that have long characterized France. But, year after year, they fell in the ranking of what irritated them in the country. The annual barometer of the American Chamber of Commerce in France (AmCham) shows today that these historical weaknesses are back in the minds of foreign bosses.
To the point that the country’s detractors have regained the upper hand over its defenders. That “is explained in particular by a disturbed social climate in recent months, with wage demands and major strikes in various sectors. In addition, a certain instability of regulations, whether at European or French level, irritates investors who…