to find out more about france's public service i'm joined by laura marlowe the correspondent for the irish times here you've been living in paris for quitete some time o you've seen this debate. about the full cnn flare up i'm in time again do you think the folks. bashing that we see is fair. yes and no i've dealt with some civil servantnt who were wonderful who's very devoted very hard working very efficient all but i've also met some who w were sadistic. way kd useless- so like any profession it goes both ways they have for a very long titime but the b bu- jokes by people. one was that when friends move to thirty five hour workingng week in in the bebeginning of the two thousands. more were joking that civil servants would have to increase their hours to reach thirty five hours. but at the same time opinion polls show that most french people actually like the civil s servie and they they appreciate the civil service and think it is good would you say that france's civil service is affected. part the bottom not part the problem is it is just expound and explain x. my to a during the