. —— francois hollande. he wants to make it more market—oriented.n france itself from ordinary citizens. the labour market reform, the first one to be implemented, is a perfect example of something which is processed quite smoothly and very well. there have been many discussions with the unions. there was no big opposition. can i just interrupt? the cgt is saying it is getting ready for street protests for relaxing these labour laws, to make it easierfor companies to hire and fire workers. we will have to wait and see. at the moment, things are going smoothly. the discussions have gone through all of the topics. on a number of things, it was largely consensual. at least with the majority of unions. the parliament as well has an enormous majority, well beyond a simple party supporting president macron. but there is still... can ijust say, there is still protesting going on. 800,000 students upset about cuts to allowances. civil servants, teachers, several sectors are opposed. well, you should not mix everything. there is no big demonstration at the m

ratings plummet by ten points to 5a%, the best declined when compared to predecessors, like francois hollandeline. i don't want to comment. i am not a political commentator. that was just an example. but in general, the policy was widely supported. at least for the moment. the people so want to give a chance to be president and the government to make the economic reforms and move ahead. of course, you have to make cuts in expenditure, it always creates reactions, but i don't think it is so significant, and i think there is still the necessary support to make these reforms. it really addresses unemployment. but you are going to have, in terms of the image of france, that its reputation is still a place that is difficult to do business. in 2017, france was 29th in terms of its global position, the uk, seventh. injune, a report said a banker in france costs 54% more when all payroll charges are included. it takes you three years to fire someone in france compared to three months in switzerland and three days in the uk. so you've still got a long way to go to convince people that somebody such as

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but he is going further than his predecessor, francois hollande. de speaking to the media over the weekend, giving a warning to emmanuel macron, saying, the reforms i have put in place are now working, employment is starting to fall -- unemployment is starting to fall. plans proposed in the past, but you know, the french public took to the streets to protest and eventually scuppered those changes. right, in theory, things should be relatively easy for emmanuel macron after his new york rise to presidency. he secured a huge parliamentary majority. he was honest about the fact that he would essentially bypass parliament by forcing these reforms through by decree. nevertheless, there will be opposition in parliament from , one of the major unions has called for a protest in september. once they build up a head of protests will likely start. emmanuel macron is hoping he has more of the moderate unions on keen to and is also be seen conducting these meetings today. >> thank you for that. a closer look at more business news. i'm joined in the studio. we

hundred days and macros popularity has fallen faster than any french president even his previous francois hollande known as mr unpopular by the end of his presidency because of his record low ratings was doing better one hundred days in the nosedive. kranz popularity came after he said he wanted to reign like the mystical jupiter father of the gods while his first divine intervention was to force his military chief to resign after telling him in public that he macro knows better because he is in charge as you would wish if you near city didn't place you. in another high handed move macro cancelled the traditional bastille day media conference apparently because he regards his views as too deep for the shallow press and when micro wanted to make his wife the first lady with a public salary over three hundred thousand signed a petition against the plan saying they didn't want a queen bridgette so in just one hundred days the darling of french voters and the new face of french politics has lost the love of his people experts suggest voters fail to notice he was really offering them anything new in th

late june has been sliding in the polls and it leave but he is below the level that france will francois hollande been a few quirks and there have been doubts among some in the french population as to the direction of this government. we will see what happens next. anna: why does it had from here? -- where does it had from here? that could be one of the things that how government how things look in the fall. mark: that labor market reform which is almost true now, the labor market reform and the budget cuts which will be coming up together in the next two or three weeks will be key tests for macron. toot depends on his ability get the french economy moving again. a is lucky in that we are in cyclical upturn in france and the growth numbers are good. getting that labor market reform through without too much strife is key. i think that the return from holidays in the next couple of weeks, summer holidays for the french population will be a key test for that. manus: it could be make or break. let's see what they make of it. thank you for joining anna and myself. that is it for bloomberg daybreak eur