This social model that the world no longer envies us.

Summary Once considered an example on a global scale, the French social model is now out of breath. Working hours are decreasing, early retirement has been encouraged for a long time, entire sectors of industry are gradually disappearing, the creation of low-skilled jobs has been refused because they are considered "indecent", and the system of subsidies has had perverse effects: by wanting to avoid unemployment at all costs, France has chosen to be inactive. In the end, it has reaped both. According to Jean-Olivier Hairault, economist and associate researcher at CEPREMAP (Center for Economic Research), a new social model must be redefined. By sacrificing the illusory ideological equality to dare a necessary pragmatism. By working harder to reduce taxes and public debt while preserving a high level of social protection. Only then will France prove to itself that it is both protective and competitive.