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Macron Launches Overhaul of French Labour Laws

31/08/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - The Newsroom, Macron Launches Overhaul of French Labour Laws

The French reforms aim to make it easier for bosses to hire and fire

The French reforms aim to make it easier for bosses to hire and fire.

France's government unveils its signature plan, promising to 'free up the energy of the work force'. Also: Iraq forces IS out of Nineveh province and a black plume has been seen issuing from a flood-damaged chemical plant near storm-hit Houston.

( Picture: French president Emmanuel Macron.  Credit: AFP/Getty Images.)

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