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Only 28% of French self-employed still active after five years
Construction businesses have the highest survival rate
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Normandy rail strike: five lines disrupted this Friday and Saturday
Ticket inspectors walk out after a knife attack on a colleague, with four unions backing the action
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French PM says diesel stockpile release will cut prices by up to 18 cents per litre
Sébastien Lecornu used televised speech to promise release of ten million barrels of diesel and address lycée protests
Four-day week is a hit with longer days
More than half of workers would move to a four-day week and work extra hours each day to have the same pay.
A poll for payroll firm ADP found 60% of French workers wanted it and 17% would work four days for four-fifths pay.