Fact-checking claims that France's working conditions are among worst in Europe

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Fact-checking claims that France's working conditions are among worst in Europe  A French economist recently slammed the country's working conditions, sparking debate. Euroverify looks at the data behind the allegations.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/07/22/fact-checking-claims-that-frances-working-conditions-are-among-worst-in-europe  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Which European countries have the worst working conditions?

00:07A French economist recently slammed working conditions in France on live TV, sparking debate.

00:20It prompted a flood of reactions on social media.

00:23The economist bases his conclusion on this study from 2021 by Eurofound, an EU agency,

00:30which analyses labour conditions in 36 European countries.

00:35The methodology is robust and the results are considered credible.

00:38It includes a job quality index by country,

00:42which shows that more workers in France cited extremely strained or highly strained conditions than in most other countries.

00:50Only in Serbia, Montenegro, Slovakia and Poland do more workers have extremely or highly strained conditions according to the findings.

00:59If we also consider those who cited moderately strained conditions,

01:03France ranks penultimately with only Slovakia scoring worse and Albania faring slightly better.

01:10So while this economists claim that France ranks among the worst countries in Europe is true,

01:15it's not accurate to say France ranks 36th out of 36 countries with Albania.

01:21The index takes into account things like unsocial hours, work intensity, job insecurity and also physical risks.

01:29The issue of precarious working conditions has recently come to the fore in France,

01:34after five youngsters aged between 15 and 19 were killed in the workplace in just the past two and a half months.

01:42The latest available data does suggest that after Malta,

01:46France fares worse among EU countries in terms of fatal accidents in the workplace.

01:53France fares worse with large lawyers in the workplace on war,

01:54France fares more middle flight ako from China.

01:55France fares U.S.

01:56Canada as London has a Nasirватck place.

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