France One of our chosen countries is France. France has the world’s fifth largest economy by nominal figures and it is a member of the G8 so it has one of the strongest economies in the world. Also France is the wealthiest nation in Europe and the fourth wealthiest in the world in aggregate household wealth. French people take a lot care on their well-being and they spend a lot of money for high quality products. France has a high public education level and one of the highest standards in terms
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"En Bretagne‚ il ne pleut que sur les cons"‚ which literally translates as "In Brittany‚ it only rains on the idiots."This means that if you don’t like Brittany‚ you should leave. Brittany has many festivals and events. They reflect Brittany’s culture and energetic music and dance. Some cultural festivals include the festival de Cornouaille‚ which is a festival that displays Brittany’s cultural diversity. Les Filets Bleus celebrates fishing traditions and
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misinterpretation. France is not known as a multilingual nation‚ nor one with a well known multilingual history. However: The apparent linguistic unity of France hides a rather different reality of considerable linguistic diversity. (Laroussi and Marcellesi 1995‚ 85) The country’s monolingual facade hides a multitude of regional languages‚ whose speakers have faced chastisement and suppression for centuries. An enormous amount of conscious manipulation by the powers that have governed France through the
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Immigration and Islam in France and the Netherlands After the post-war‚ WWII‚ era Europe faced a shortage of labor‚ at the same time it had to rebuild its infrastructure and economy. France and Netherlands both faced the same problem and like their counterparts in Europe they found the answer in guest-workers. These guest workers were immigrants from former colonies and other developing countries. However‚ these guest-workers later settled down and brought their families. This led to a larger
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What caused unemployment in France? This is the underlying question‚ reading through the case‚ it is apparent that many influential people‚ be it‚ high ranking officials in the French government or students like us at Thunderbird‚ have all tried to understand the root problem. Many measures were taken in France during those times of crisis‚ however it is clear to me that all of the laws they have adjusted during that period of 1981-1994‚ have been “Kneejerk” reactions‚ rather than a sustainable solutions
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Life in New France The early 17th century saw the birth of New France as claimed by Samuel de Champlain. The father of New France claimed the land in 1608 by establishing the French territory of Quebec. New France was an integral part of history because their rapid colonization lead to exponential growth for the country. The actions France took towards colonizing and improving claiming New France is what eventually gave way to the birth of Canada. Immigrants who left their lives to explore the New
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NEW FRANCE The Seigneurial System New France was a French colony in present-day Quebec and north-eastern Ontario. The colony lasted from 1534‚ its discovery‚ when Jacques Cartier was sent to find a route to the Orient and precious gems and metals‚ to its formal surrender in 1759. An important part in the history of New France was the fur trade‚ as it brought many new things to the Natives living in Canada and helped New France develop. Europeans traded their supplies with the First Nations
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A Brief History of Frances Perkins Born in Boston‚ Maine in 1880‚ Frances Perkins came from a respectable middle-class Republican family. At a very young age‚ Perkins’s parents strongly encouraged her to live her life on earth for God and do something good in her lifetime to please not only her parents‚ but God as well (Frances Perkins‚ 2010). She later on enrolled at Mount Holyoke College and studied natural sciences‚ but had a strong interest in economic history and social reform issues as
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France is a unique country. With its romantic language‚ first of its kind art and architecture‚ and world known food‚ France is very far from an ordinary‚ run of the mill country. The French language is a member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. It is know as the language of lovers. French is spoken as a first language by more than 70‚000‚000 people‚ mainly in France‚ then Belgium‚ Switzerland‚ in former French and Belgium colonies in Africa and
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PESTEL ANALYSIS OF FRANCE INTRODUCTION: France‚ officially known as French Republic‚ is the land where famous French Revolution took place. Fashion starts here and it is known for its wines and fragrances. Paris is the capital city of France and one of the 7 wonders is found there i.e. Eiffel Tower. It is the world’s fifth largest economy and second largest European economy‚ a major chunk of revenues come from tourism as it is the world’s most visited place. PESTEL Analysis of this happening country
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