A day off or not? Making sense of France's public holidays
With 11 public holidays each year, France falls slightly below the European average. Prime Minister François Bayrou has proposed scrapping two of them, arguing this would save €4.2 billion annually.
Tomas Kauer - News Moderator 
With 11 public holidays each year, France falls slightly below the European average. Prime Minister François Bayrou has proposed scrapping two of them, arguing this would save €4.2 billion annually.
