There are hopes that the Presidential election will rid France of its tag as the new “sick man of Europe”. But while the leading candidate Nicholas Sarkozy has proposed measures to tackle the problems in the labour market, it seems unlikely that the election will mark a significant turnaround in France’s economic fortunes in the foreseeable future.
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