Abstract
France has been ranked high among the greatest global powers and is the Euro zone's second biggest member, and the home to ten of Europe's fifty biggest private firms. Its healthcare system is one of the world's most efficient. Moreover, France is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and the world's sixth economy. However, France has to fight against its own economic falling of for years and has difficulty for reforming and explaining why the 2007 presidential elections catches the eye of the whole world. France seems to be confronted with many economic problems and is facing a paradoxical situation. The over-protected job market slowed down economic growth and rated it below the OECD (Organization for Europe Cooperation and Development) average.
