法國公布就業(yè)市場自由化舉措

The French government has unveiled pro-business measures to liberalise the country’s dysfunctional jobs market, in an early test of President Emmanuel Macron’sdetermination to reform the eurozone’s second-largest economy amid sinking approval ratings.

法國政府公布了支持企業(yè)的舉措，以推動該國功能失調的就業(yè)市場自由化，此舉是對法國總統(tǒng)埃馬紐埃爾•馬克龍(Emmanuel Macron)在支持率下降之際改革歐元區(qū)第二大經濟體決心的早期考驗。

The proposals, outlined by prime minister Edouard Philippe on Thursday, are central to Mr Macron’s plan to make France more attractive to foreign investors, coax businesses to hire more workers and tackle an unemployment rate of more than 9 per cent.

由法國總理愛德華•菲利普(Edouard Philippe)公布的這些提議，是馬克龍加大法國對外國投資者的吸引力、促使企業(yè)雇傭更多工人以及解決逾9%失業(yè)率問題的計劃的核心部分。

The plans are also designed to show France’s renewed resolve to fix its economy. By doing so Mr Macron wants Brussels and Berlin to agree to his demands that the EU do more to stimulate the economy and protect workers across the bloc.

這些計劃還旨在表明法國整改經濟的新決心。通過這么做，馬克龍希望布魯塞爾和柏林同意其要求，即歐盟采取更多措施刺激經濟，同時保護歐盟各國的勞動者。

Mr Philippe said the measures were “aimed at regaining the lost years” for France, whose economy has lagged those of peers such as Germany. “Our goal is to boost job creation by giving more security and visibility to employers and more guarantees for workers,” he said.

菲利普表示，這些措施“旨在讓法國重拾失去的幾年”——近年法國經濟落后于德國等其他國家。他說：“我們的目標是通過為雇主提供更多安全性和可視性、為勞動者提供更多保障來提振就業(yè)創(chuàng)造。”

Pierre Gattaz, head of Medef, which represents French business, saluted the bill as an “important step to adapt to the daily needs of companies”. However Laurent Berger, chief of the CFDT, France’s largest trade union confederation which was involved in consultations over the reform plans, said the proposals did not “live up to our expectations”.

代表法國企業(yè)的法國雇主協(xié)會(Medef)會長皮埃爾•加塔((Pierre Gattaz)將該提案譽為“適應企業(yè)日常需要的重要步驟”。然而，法國最大工會聯(lián)盟、曾參與改革計劃磋商的CFDT的領袖洛朗•貝爾熱(Laurent Berger)表示，這些提議沒有“符合我們的預期”。