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We don't need to go further than this graph. It's self-explanatory.
The French are the globalizers, not the globalized
Excerpt and link to article by Doug Saunders, political correspondent for the Globe and Mail:
"I’ve spent the week in cobblestoned squares, listening to French presidential candidates argue that their country’s way of life is threatened by forces from beyond its borders. It’s a popular refrain these days: As economies falter, people fear the economic and human waves sweeping in from beyond.
President Nicolas Sarkozy has led the way, pledging to reintroduce trade protectionism, reinstitute passport checks and cut immigration. His challenger François Hollande has also suggested more protectionist policies and less immigration. As a result, four out of five French voters now believe that globalization is bad for their livelihoods, and that borders should be closed to foreign investment and immigration.
As I listened to these warnings, I couldn’t help thinking about how my week had begun in London.
On Monday morning, I paid the electricity and gas bills by writing a cheque to a French company. We buy our heat and light, as do 5.7 million other British families, from EDF Energy, a state-owned French company that provides a quarter of Europe’s electricity.
Then I took the garbage bags to the curb, where they were collected expertly by employees of the French company Veolia Environnement. Its 331,226 workers provide garbage collection, water treatment, street lighting and public transportation in 77 countries. ..."
Read the rest:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle2423356/
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/france/balance-of-trade
We don't need to go further than this graph. It's self-explanatory.
What, you mean that French companies operate in other countries, even in a country as far as 23 miles away??!!
What a shocker.
I couldn't care less if Carrefour employs thousands of Polish people in Poland... I want them to provide employment for the French people in France.
StormZ outrage cry incomingI couldn't care less if Carrefour employs thousands of Polish people in Poland.
What do you suggest they do? Hire door-greeters?Originally Posted by Chimera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8zNsUTWsOc
Oh my God! Chimera, you imbecile! As long as Carrefour employs thousand of POLISH people in POLAND it all good, especially for France and French workers.StormZ outrage cry incoming
Can't you understand it?
Jeeez!
I'm sorry I don't understand your point. How could it change a thing in our french lives that a french company recruits polish workers to do business in Poland? They make a lot of money with it and a few bunch of super rich french shareholders and CEO/CFOs are profiting from it, but Miss Dupont who lives in the suburbs of Paris is still living the ****life because there's almost no industry left in this country to provide well paid jobs, what does she get from it? Nothing, because these companies like Accor, Carrefour, AXXA, Veolia provide services that are made in the local country and creating jobs locally.Oh my God! Chimera, you imbecile! As long as Carrefour employs thousand of POLISH people in POLAND it all good, especially for France and French workers.
Can't you understand it?
Jeeez!
Oh and BTW, I would kindly ask you to refrain from using the word 'imbecile' to qualify me.
You clearly didin't understand that a) there was a smiley in my post indicating I wasn't being serious b) mordoror had written a post that triggered my reply to your post
Now, do you understand the context of my previous post?
Oky doky!
Very nice.Oky doky!
Now, I gotta make a call to Carrefour hq and order them to build more supermarkets in Poland so they can hire more Poles and lay off French workers in France.
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Yes, that was my another attempt at humour if anyone's wondering.
You certainly are a man of influence.
Indeed I am.
How many wishes can I make that you accomplish? Are there financial transactions involved?
If you pay me good enough I can do certain things that would benefit your financial status in the long run.
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