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The French Invasion.

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     Ah, les Français. Il est vrai qu’ils sont souvent considérés comme un objet de ridicule par presque tout le monde. Mais quand on parle de monde des affaires, les compagnies françaises sont parmi les meilleures. En plus … oh wait. I seem to have gotten carried away with my French. Allow me to start over.           Ah, the French. It’s true that they are often considered to be an object of ridicule by practically everyone. But when it comes to the world of business, French companies are among the best. Even today, France Inc is at the forefront of innovation and its companies dominate and often play the role of the bellwethers of the industries in which they operate. And today, in a Eurozone that is recuperating from a crippling economic and financial crisis, several French companies find themselves in a quandary. A couple of years ago, Europe sneezed and France caught a cold. And its economy never quite recovered. On the back of a couple of years’ degrowth, the French economy