article_snippet.sent: Output in France is forecast to expand by 1.2 per cent this year and 1.5 per cent next year, while Germany is set to grow by 1.6 per cent then 1.7 per cent.
article_snippet.sent: Francois Hollande swept to power in 2012 promising to take on the rich and big business, but
article_snippet.sent: France’s economy has been in a rut ever since.
article_snippet.sent: Unemployment in France is 10.6 per cent compared to 5.7 per cent in Britain.
article_snippet.sent: George Osborne used last month’s Budget to boast that Yorkshire has created more jobs than the whole of France.