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Macron government seeks to stop what it calls abuse of short-term contracts
Macron insists job market is improving but new positions are also the most precarious
Macron shows pragmatic approach to state assets with La Poste-CNP Assurances merger
The Benalla affair shows the president is meeting political headwinds
Interdealer broker has been grappling with higher costs linked to Brexit and ICAP deal
In the second year of his presidency, Emmanuel Macron must work out how to help the country’s start-ups expand internationally
Paris wants to make it easier for small businesses to grow and export
Macron’s ministers have been stepping up campaign to woo foreign investors
US company to create 1,800 jobs as French president makes hard sell to sector
Emmanuel Macron is reforming the French economy at unprecedented speed
State companies such as SNCF boosted social mobility in poorer farming regions
France to work with Australia and allies in revived ‘quad’ project
‘The French nightmare is to wake up and find that France has become Italy’
President urges France to keep faith with policies amid growing discontent
Allies fear caving in to strikers might break the president’s reform momentum
Commuters left stranded by confrontation over traditional privileges
Teachers and railway workers demonstrate against president’s labour reforms
President acts to strip privileges but picks his battles with care
State to retake control of €32bn scheme from unions and business groups
The reform of SNCF is important; its symbolic significance more so
French president is paring back public sector privileges and unions’ welfare role
With the UK gone, Paris could potentially shape the EU more to its own liking
A high success rate reveals a lack of academic relevance rather than equality
Businesses and unions are coming to terms with measures that make redundancies easier
But he will have to think strategically if he is to be a truly transformative president
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