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France economy: 'Death threats' over legal reform
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France's economy minister has told the the French parliament that he received death threats over his attempts to reform the legal profession.

Emmanuel Macron said he had been targeted by legal officials over his plans to raise entry barriers for solicitors in France.

Mr Macron says he wants to "unblock" France's struggling economy.

But he has faced protests from workers and professionals who say their jobs are threatened.

The economy minister, who was appointed in August last year, is in the process of trying to push an economic reform bill through parliament.

Part of the bill contains measures to liberalise the legal profession.

But on Monday, he told MPs that "certain public officials" had made death threats in response to the legislation, AFP news agency reports.

The reforms also include proposals to extend Sunday shopping in a bid to stimulate the economy - a suggestion which has drawn with protests.

The French government has said it will miss targets to cut its public deficit in 2015.


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  • French minister ‘received death threats’ over reforms

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    © Bertrand Guay, AFP file picture | French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron speaks at the National Assembly in Paris on January 27, 2015
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    Latest update : 2015-02-02

    France's economy minister said on Monday he had received death threats from "certain officials" furious over his plans to reform parts of the closed-shop economy.
    Emmanuel Macron told parliament he had taken legal action against "certain public officials" for "death threats that I have received."

    "You will agree this is especially shocking," he added.

    Macron is trying to push through a controversial series of laws that he hopes will, in his words,"unblock" France's economy, which is suffering from high unemployment and sluggish growth.

    These include opening up heavily regulated professions such as notarial lawyers, sparking the unusual sight of these white-collar workers marching through the streets.

    The reforms also include a proposal to extend Sunday shopping that sparked angry demonstrations.

    Currently, professions such as notaries charge a fixed rate for their services and Macron had suggested introducing a "fee corridor" -- allowing them to deviate higher or lower from the fixed fee.

    However, he back-tracked on this proposal on Monday, saying: "I have the same lucidity when I have made a mistake as I have conviction to defend what I believe in."

    "I will suggest going back on this because it's an element of complexity," he added.

    He accused the so-called "regulated professions" of "playing on fears" by claiming the reforms would lead to "tens of thousands of job losses."

    "There has been too much emotion around this debate", he said, adding the reforms aimed to "modernise part of how the regulated professions work."

    (AFP)http://www.france24.com/en/20150202-french-economy-minister-death-threats-reforms-macron/
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