Recent actions taken by President François Hollande’s government – including raising the minimum wage, increasing taxes on business, and lowering the retirement age for some workers – threaten to exacerbate the situation. Given this, it is no surprise that Moody’s downgraded France’s credit rating last year.
法国总统奥朗德政府的近期举动——包括提高最低工资、增加商业税、降低某些工种的退休年龄——极有可能让形势进一步恶化。如此看来，穆迪公司去年调降法国信用评级并不令人奇怪。