XPost: uk.politics.misc, alt.politics.british   
   From: dvh@vhvhvhvh.com   
      
   Foreign direct investment in France plunged by 77% in 2013, following a   
   plummet of 35% the year before.   
      
   Gone are the days when France was a magnet for foreign firms thanks to a   
   welcoming tax structure. In 2006, it attracted 88 billion euros and was   
   fourth in the world. Now, companies are steering clear, with disastrous   
   results for employment and R&D.   
      
   Thanks to Hollande's hatred of business, the country has tumbled out of   
   the top 20 destinations for overseas business, with investments   
   nose-diving to 5 billion euros.   
      
   The result of Hollande's left-wing detruction of French business can be   
   seen and heard on the streets of London and is summed up in one amazing   
   fact: you're statistically more likely to overhear somebody talking   
   about snails than jellied eels.   
      
   400,000 French have quit the high-tax hell of France and are living in   
   London. An artefact of globalisation? Hardly: only 39,000 Brits have   
   travelled in the opposite direction.   
      
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