Hollande’s predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, tried to address this problem. He exempted voluntary overtime pay from employment tax and shifted some of the burden of labor taxation onto consumption (via a hike in VAT).
奥朗德的前任萨科齐试图纠正这一问题。他免去了自愿加班费的劳动税，并将一部分劳动税负担转接给消费（通过提高增值税）。但奥朗德很快将这两项改革都来了个一百八十度转弯。