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→Government: sorry, but "have left France" suggests "will not come back", yet many expats are students or seasonal employees, or living in neighbour countries across the borders.
==Government==
==Government==
France is a democratic Republic, governed by a [[President]] and [[Parliament]]. Its current [[President]] is conservative [[reformer|reformist]] [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], who has promised to modernize France's economy. France has for years had one of the highest unemployment rates in western Europe, currently at 8.6%, and has a tax burden of almost 50% of GDP.<ref>https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fr.html</ref>. Two millions Frenchmen have left France for other countries. Many of these have stated their concern with France's high taxes and "anti-growth" economic policies and many have settled in [[Great Britain]].<ref>http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2007/05/02/two-million-french-have-escaped-france/</ref>
France is a democratic Republic, governed by a [[President]] and [[Parliament]]. Its current [[President]] is right-wing [[reformer|reformist]] [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], who has promised to modernize France's economy. France has for years had one of the highest unemployment rates in western Europe, currently at 8.6%, and has a tax burden of almost 50% of GDP.<ref>https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fr.html</ref>. Two millions Frenchmen are living in other countries. Many of these have stated their concern with France's high taxes and "anti-growth" economic policies and many have settled in [[Great Britain]]<!-- or Belgium and Switzerland-->.<ref>http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2007/05/02/two-million-french-have-escaped-france/</ref>
==See also==
==See also==