History of France: Overcoming Barriers to Nation State Formation

This essay examines the historical development of France, focusing on the geographical, linguistic, and legal barriers that hindered the formation of a nation-state. It explores the processes used to overcome these obstacles, highlighting key events and policies. The essay also analyzes contemporary challenges, including economic issues like unemployment and labor market dynamics, cultural considerations such as cross-cultural awareness and gender roles in business, and the impact of international events like Brexit. The analysis incorporates insights from academic sources, discussing the evolution of France's educational system, labor regulations, and legal frameworks, to provide a comprehensive overview of France's historical trajectory and current standing.

HISTORY OF FRANCE

France, historical diversity of what today is France. What barriers did geography,
language, and law.etc. Pose to establishing a nation state? What processes were used to
overcome these barriers? What challenges still exist today?
France is the greatest modern nation in the world. With urbanisation, it has extended major
markets and it has emerged as front-runner amongst the European countries. France has the
population of 67.2 million people in 2018 with capital “Paris.” French is national language
and it is the symbol of culture. Although, greater immigrants population bring several
languages in addition to ethnic diversity within France. Western European nation shares the
same border with Belgium, Luxemburg, and Germany. The history started since the time
Celtic Gauls arrived in France. With the development of several departments worldwide,
France has largest Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ). The geographical position of France is
with two salient features such as excellent network then it is a crossroad at the middle of EU
(Popkin, 2016).
During Second World War, the educational structure was fixed. This had intended to comply
with growing number of children on evolving themselves with the assistance of primary
school (Breugel, Ilona, and Scholten, 522, 2017).
Although, France had laid down several rules and regulations for the international
organisations. Cross-cultural awareness is quite important but at the same time, it faces
several challenges such as Brexit and trading across the borders, labour regulations, receiving
electricity, and registration of the belongings for the internet connection, resolving the
insolvency, enforcing the contracts, cultural issues, and getting credit. Other economic issues
include high unemployment, lack of attractiveness, and deficient growth. Unemployment rate
is nearly 10 percent in 2018 especially for 25-49 age group. Higher unemployment leads to
the drainage of France economy due to influence of social insecurity. Growing

unemployment can be accommodated by providing them social security and also by
supporting them by small fraction of factors. High youth unemployment has been worrying
concern, as it can stunt the ability and prosperity development of age group (25-49), which
can finally drive the economy. In 2014, payroll tax credit was launched to assist French
organisations so that they can handle to compete with the German organisation. The
economic growth of France has dropped from 2.3 percent to 1.7 percent in 2018. The
government has cut the payments to meet the European Union deficit targets 2 percent in
2018 (Popkin, 2016). France is the illustration of dual conceptual labour market that includes
insiders having higher pay, promotion prospects, job safety, and especially the younger
people getting short-term work. OECD interprets the valuation of French economy in order to
reduce the duality of the labour market, and permanent contracting. The labour costs to the
employers often include social insecurity. This reason is common in most of the nations,
which include extensive regulation, low paid work, welfare, and discouraging people
(Popkin, 2016).
Language barriers in France signifies lack of communication, information barriers in the
multinational meetings, prone to errors, migration, and lack of effectiveness in English. From
World War II, the schooling system has been repaired as being designed to lodge collective
number of kids that carrying on develop beyond primary school. Cultural issues are proud of
culture and independence. To successful organisation, it considers to aware cultural
distinctions (Censer, & Jack, 2018, 543).
As far as the business formations are concerned, gender does not play any major role in the
business culture. Women are readily acceptance in management position in provinces as
gender inequality can be found. Paying appreciable comments include colleagues dress and
perfume choice is treated as sexual harassment in several nations including France. Nation`s
regulations and the administrative processes, which can be problematic issue for the

businesses by wanting to move into the French market (Censer, & Jack, 2018, 543). Laws
such as Brexit and the trading across the borders include race among the European cities,
which is beneficial for the relocations. Furthermore, Bexit has extensive public transportation
system as Brexit open up France to new European entrants. Accessibility to credit is quite
important needs to expand businesses; France has to robust the contemporary financial
systems. The France`s President has lately proclaimed tactics to cut the capital tax so that it
can attract business investments to restore the damaged relations resulting into hike for
corporate tax. France has legal system that is well equipped for the enforcement of the
contracts. Resolving insolvency is the streamlining process with the recovery rate of 73.5
percent that is little higher than the OCED norms.

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