The Week  |  14th April 2018
HAS FRANCE FOUND IT'S THATCHER?
Emmanuel Macron had it coming, said Silvia Ayuso in El País (Madrid). As night follows day, French presidents sooner or later run into fierce opposition from militant unions. France is under pressure to comply with EU directives to open its rail services to private competition by 2020. Germany and Britain have already done so – SNCF itself owns a 70% stake in Keolis, which operates in the UK. But France has been dragging its feet. Rail reform was never high on Macron’s agenda, said Leo Klimm in Süddeutsche Zeitung (Munich), so it’s odd he should pick this fight now. Maybe he hopes to emulate Margaret Thatcher and be seen as a resolute reformer. But if he has to bow to the unions, he’ll have jeopardised the passage of far more essential reforms – reducing high taxes on business and sorting out the universities.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in The Week 14th April 2018.