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  • French work hours push up baguette price

    11/14/2006 8:52:59 PM PST · by oblomov · 42 replies · 1,026+ views
    Reuters ^ | 11/14/2006 | Reuters
    PARIS (Reuters) - Why have French baguettes become more expensive? Because of France's shorter work week, French Finance Minister Thierry Breton said on Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT Breton, who has been a vocal critic of France's 35-hour work week, said the price of a baguette had risen by 23 percent over the past five years, while the price of German bread had fallen by 3 percent over the same period. "The cost of the 35-hour week is included in the rise of the price of a baguette since 2001, and this has been hidden too much from the French," Breton told L'Express...