National Issues

1. Health

• Health system is very good in France, but they suffer from a lack of money and professionals. Some areas lack doctors and hospitals. Public hospitals lack money to operate as they should be, healthcare workers are becoming very exhausted. French consume too many medicines and can cause problems later on.

2. High Unemployment

• In all Europe, France is the fourth place to have a lot of unemployment. In 1991 there unemployment went to the roof with 12.37% of people that did not have jobs, but that all changed when it started to go down in 2001 where 8.61% of French people did not have jobs and went lower, until 2009 when it went higher to 8.74%. Until 2016 the number of people that did not have a job went even lower.

3. Security

• In France there has been at least one terrorist attack every year since 2015. Soldiers have been deployed to help police forces, but both have still been attacked. Criminality is a problem in some parts of France especially in suburban areas. French Army is very under budget. French Government do not consider Americans trustworthy allies.

4. Sluggish Growth

• In December 2019, France expected to at least have an expectancy to grow at less 1.3%. But in 2020 they only had 1.1% and still expecting for it to grow more in 2021 and 2022.The bank said the global economy is bad for the growth, because of this they have to lower food and energy prices.