What is life in france like today?

i was reading about the french revolution and bastille day when it occured to me i really don't know much about what life in France is like today i know that england has a king and queen and some form of parliment but i don't know anything about France.



France is a republic (like the USA) and is divided into an executive, a legislative and a judicial branch (like the USA).





They have a President who elected directly by the people and who shares the executive power with the Prime Minister who he appoints. Although the Prime Minister is appointed by the President he must also secure the support of a majority of the National Assembly (which is more or less like the House of Representatives. There is also a Senate that is elected indirectly by other elected officials.





France is generally prosperous although suffering, at the moment, from many of the same economic problems that are being felt in the USA. In most respects it is a typical western industrialized nation.





Life in France has some distinct advantages from an an American point of view. The standard work week is 35 hours, most workers receive a month of paid vacation, health care is excellent and a system of government mandated and subsidized insurance means no one lacks for care due to inability to pay. University education is free to the student and French workers have a host of protections and guarantees that Americans do not have.





Of course, there are also some disadvantages. The French are some of the most heavily taxed people in the industrialized world. Unemployment in France tends to be significantly higher than in the USA. Homes are smaller and gasoline is more expensive as are all energy needs.




its very french





LOL you don't know much about england either darling it doesn't have a king. oh and if you think 'knowing' about a country means knowing if it has a government LOL then you dont know much. hellll i know so much about america i could be an american.




Lousy. Way too many liberals. (But then again it's France, couldn't expect much better.)




like life in france yesterday. Slovenia is better