After French President Emmanuel Macron rejected the idea of naming a prime minister from the left-wing New Popular Front coalition, saying a leftist government would immediately be ousted by all other parties, many French business leaders gathering at the employer federation Medef’s annual conference voiced optimism that the pro-business environment of the past seven years would be maintained. FRANCE 24’s Yuka Royer speaks to Laurent Saint-Martin, President of Business France, about the current business climate.
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