French Economy Quotes

France is different from the U.S.A.'s El Dorado, American Dream image.

There is only one way to reduce unemployment in France: You have to explain to the French people that they have to work harder.

I have four priorities. Give back to the French their sovereignty over the French territory, their sovereignty over the currency, their sovereignty over the economy and the law.

I think at the end of the day, the real sick man of Europe is liable to turn out to be France, not Greece, not Portugal, not Spain, not Italy. The reason is France is very uncompetitive to begin with on a global scale, and the measures that Hollande has been putting in have been very, very negative from the point of view of economic growth.

France is a strong, wealthy country.

Versailles was a gulf into which the labor of France poured its earnings; and it was never full.

It is in order that France may find her place in the new Europe that you will respond to my appeal.

The only thing that preoccupies me is that France has broken down, and we need to start up the engine again - all the way. But not so as to run into a wall.

We have a lack of growth in Europe, in eurozone, and in France, and we are struggling hard to recover and restore this growth.

I cannot resign myself to the decline of Europe, and of France.

Historically speaking, the French economy was largely driven by the demand side.

In France, you can sell a lot, but nobody outside of France ever hears of it.