The corporatists are spawning again.
There was a lot of back-slapping going on in Libération this week, as France congratulates itself on a dramatic increase in population growth, now one of the highest in Europe, if it does say so itself.
But did they swallow their pride and make like the Swedes? It appears to be rather a mixed bag of strategies with tax incentives, material enticements, mingled with generous leave time and allowance, "family friendly policies" is rather ambivalent term, as of course, to say that the family has a single interest would set feminism back about a century.
"Yet at the same time, France can still boast one of Europe's highest rates of female employment.
Some 81% of women aged between 25 and 49 are in work, including three-quarters of those with two children. " (source lost and can't be bothered to dig it out, have faith)
Sounds too good to be true. The catch, if one is to be found, clearly doesnt lie here. Trying to figure out exactly how they did it will be a puzzle for another day. For now, we'll just have to just put good old machiavelllian faith in the results, and hope the new baby boom doesnt fizzle out too soon.
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