Saturday, May 5, 2012

BBC News - French economy: Nantes highlights clouds on horizon

BBC News - French economy: Nantes highlights clouds on horizon: "It is a chilly spring evening in Nantes, western France. Despite the cold, the town is busy. The elegant restaurants and fashionable bars around the opera house are not short of customers.

It is hard to see much evidence here of the downturn in Europe's fortunes.

As the main city in the Pays de la Loire, Nantes has remained prosperous through the slowdown. More than a quarter of its workforce is employed by the public sector and cutbacks have, so far, been modest."

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