The French presidential elections and the death of social dialogue

Parsons, Nick (2017) The French presidential elections and the death of social dialogue. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog (04 Apr 2017). Website.

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What role do trade unions have to play in the French presidential election? As Nick Parsons writes, when François Hollande won the last presidential election in 2012, he promised to establish a ‘social dialogue’ under which actors such as trade unions would be consulted over government policy. But the failure of this strategy, underlined by the extensive protests held over a new labour law in 2016, may leave trade unions resigned to oppositional mobilisation or increasing marginalisation from French political life, regardless of which candidate wins the upcoming election.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information:	© 2017 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	04 Apr 2017 08:20
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 15:35
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/72238

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