french president de manuel mccombs been in office for a year now and economists say he's done more in those twelve months than his predecessors did in many years he's managed to introduce some flexibility into the rigid labor market against stiff resistance and his changes are bearing some fruit unemployment has fallen by half a percent since he took power and the french statistics office now forecasts the highest economic growth in eleven years. in january but the world economic forum appeared confident. ladies and gentlemen my my my first miss each he said france is back france is back at the call of europe. he's lived up to his pledge to support young entrepreneurs with ten billion euros worth of funding towards innovation the results of visible the number of startups has been growing at double digit rates since my khans election foreign investors are showing interest again having previously shied away. france has changed a lot globally. when you know broad you talk about it. whether it's in germany or in the united states. this is a real break from what we saw in the past. france