>> Jobs affect political programs and funding in the U.S. also, but these days labor is a much stronger force in France than it is here.<<
Such concerns were cited as a reason against the merger between Total and Elf Aquitane, yet that deal eventually got done. The “labor” issue may be a canard to cover for the intransigence of the Bettencourt family, which has a controlling stake in L’Oreal.
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