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Easter monday, may 8 …:
Soon more than nine holidays in France soon? Moreover, This is what will happen if the budgetary guidelines presented by François Bayrou are adopted as which by the. Meanwhile, National Assembly next fall.
The Prime Minister has indeed proposed to suppress on May 8. However, Easter Monday, saying that he was open to other proposals. Moreover, In France, the Labor Code grants 11 holidays, and even 13 days in Alsace-Moselle.
These two territories which have two additional holidays – Easter monday, may 8 …
In addition to the holidays that we know the inhabitants of the former Alsace region. the Moselle department added on Good Friday and December 26, Saint Etienne Day.
A specificity which dates back to the annexation of Alsace. the current Moselle by the German Empire, at the end of the War of 1870. At this period, the two territories inherited public holidays which were used in Germany. Specificities easter monday, may 8 … kept when Alsace-Moselle returned to France after the First World War in 1918.
France has fewer holidays than the average of Europe
Contrary to popular belief. France is far from being a generous country in terms of public holidays, being actually slightly below the average of the European Union countries. If the Netherlands. Germany and Denmark only offer nine public holidays, Cyprus offers 15 days, Croatia, Spain, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania and Malta 14 days, as you can see in the graph below.
More than 3 billion additional revenue for the State?
Objective expected from this two -day holidays of public holidays by François Bayrou: substantial savings for the State. A graphic projected during the press conference displayed a gain of 4.2 billion euros.
Companies would donate a share of the gains generated on these two days in the form of a contribution to the State. the amount of which remains to easter monday, may 8 … be defined, set at 0.3% for the day of solidarity for example.
By way of comparison, the Pentecost solidarity day reported 3.5 billion in 2025 to public finances. Mathieu Plane. an economist at OFCE indicated to TF1 last year that “every holiday that falls during the week, represents a loss of 0.06 GDP”, or around 1.75 billion euros, and therefore potentially 3.5 billion if two holidays are deleted.
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