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France switched from 39 hours to 35 hours per week about 15 years ago. This is still very controversial and right-wings parties would like to somehow revert the change.


Sure, and right wing parties also want to tear down the banlieues and send all the "immigrants" "back home". At this point "les 35 heures" is so engrained in French society that going back is practically impossible.


Right wing doesn't mean far right. What you describe is the (non official) program of the far right "Front National" not the normal right wing "UMP".


Have you seen the election results in France recently? FN might as well be called the "normal right" in France at this point.




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