In France, more than 7% of voters cast their ballots for Trotskyite and Communist candidates in the first round of the presidential election, while the Socialists, who received 27% of the votes, are much more left-leaning than Germany’s Social Democrats. Dirigiste attitudes are more popular in France than in most other European countries.
在法国的第一轮总统选举投票中，超过7％的选民投票给托洛斯基派和共产党候选人，社会党获得27％的选票，而该党要比德国的社民党远远更为偏左。国家指导的态度在法国要比绝大多数其他欧洲国家更为受到欢迎。只要这些态度可能导致一种使得中小企业难以繁荣发展的政治制度，它们就可能导致法国的问题。