France Country

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1. សកលវិទ្យាល័យជាតិគ្រប់គ្រង
National University of Management

2. Lecturer:LOR SOTHEA DA
Group Research: 6
Name 1.CHHORN MENGHOU
2.MOV THARATH
FRANCE

3. Content
Geography
History
Government System
Economy
Culture and Society
Doing Businesses with
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4. Geography
FRANCE
•Franceis a Country in Europe and Member of European Union.
•The official name of Franceis The Republic of France.
•Is bordered (clockwise from the north) by Belgium, Luxembourg,
Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Span and Andorra. Bordered
Suriname to its West and Brazil to its east and South.
•Metropolitan France is situated mostly between latitudes 41degree
and 51degree N, and Longitudes 6degree W and 10degree E, on the
western edge of Europe, and thus lies within the northern temperate
zone.

5. FRANCE
•5 Season: Winter , Summer, Autumn,
Spring.
•Total Area: 643,801 km2
-92% French
-3% North African
-2% German
-1% British
-2% Other
•22 provincial, Capital Paris
•Population: 66,991,000
•Official Language: French

6. FRANCE
•The Money that French people use is called
Euros.
•French Flag is Blue, White and Red.
( Similar American Flag )

7. History
FRANCE
•The French state is one of the oldest in Europe.
•France was Call Gaul.
•The name “France’’ come from “Frank”
•Latin based language developed into French.
•In 987, Hugh Captbecame King of France and Paris became France’s
Capital.
•Hugh Capt( First King in Frank )
-Born: 941 and Died 24 October 996 (aged 55) Paris, France
-PredecessorLouis V
-SuccessorRobert II
-Junior kingRobert II
-Father Hugh the Great
-Mother Hedwigeof Saxony

8. History
FRANCE
•First President : Louis Napoleon Bouaparate( Later Napoleon III )
1848 under France Second Republic.
•Current President : EmmauelMacron ( 14 May 2017 )
•Eiffel Tower
-28 January 1887 –15 March 1889
-Height : 324m or 1063 ft
-Location : Paris , France
-Architect : Stephen Sauvestre
-Structural engineer : Maurice Koechlin
Émile Nouguier

9. Government System
FRANCE
•A form of government used by the France Republic was Semi-Presidential
Republic –it has both a President and a Prime Minister.
President
Head of State
Directly elected by the Public
Prime Minister
Head of Government
Appointed by the President

10. Government System
FRANCE
•France’s government is divided into an executive, legislate and judicial branch,
much like the U.S. and the Philippines.
Republic of France
Judicial Executive Legislative

11. Government System
❖Judicial
FRANCE
•Franceusesacivillegalsystem;thatislawarises
primarilyfromwrittenstatutes;judgesarenottomake
law,butmerelytointerpretit.Thebasicprinciplesofthe
ruleoflawwerelaiddownintheNapolenicCode.
•ThehighestappellatecourtinFranceiscalledtheCour
deCassationandthesixchiefjudgesareappointedby
thePresident.Unlikethesupremecourtsinother
countries(SuchastheUSA,andPhilippines),itdoesn’t
havethepowerofJudicialreview,

12. Government System
❖Judicial
FRANCE
•Thepowerofjudicialreviewisvestedinaseparate
ConstitutionCourtwhichisauniqecreationofthefith
Republic.Thecourtconsistsofninemembers:one
appointmentmadebyeachofthePresident,thepresident
oftheNationalAssemblyeverythreeyearsforanine-
years,non-renewableterm.ThiscontrastswiththeUS
andPhilippinesystemwherethePresidentmakesall
appointmentstothesupremecourtbutthenthe
appointmentsareforlife.

13. Government System
FRANCE
❖Executive
•ConsequentlythePresidencyiseasilythemostpowerfulpositioninthe
Frenchpoliticalsystem.Dutiesincludeheadingthearmedforces,
appointmentofthePrimeMinister.
•IntheFrenchpoliticalsystem,therelationshipbetweenthePresidentand
thePrimeMinister-Thefirst-andsecond-highestauthorities
respectively–iscritical.

14. Government System
FRANCE
❖Executive
President Prime Minister
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15. Government System
FRANCE
❖Executive: Ministries
•Similarto“Departments”intheU.S.andPhilippines,Ministriesspitresponsibilityin
theexecutivebranch.
•EachMinistryisdividedintodirection,whichareeachheadedbyminister.
Inthepresent,thereare16ministriesinFrench:
-MinistryofJustice
-MinistryofEuropeandForeignAffairs
-MinistryoftheArmedForces
-MinistryofTerritorialCohesion
-MinistryofSolidarityandHealth
-MinistryoftheEconomyandFinance
-MinistryofCulture
-MinistryofLabour
-Ministry of National Education
-Ministry of Agriculture and Food
-Ministry of Public Action and Accounts
-Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation
-Ministry of Overseas France
-Ministry of Sport
-MinistryoftheInterior
-MinistryoftheEcologicalandInclusiveTransition

16. Government System
FRANCE
❖Legislative
•DividedbetweentheNationalAssemblyandtheSenate,muchlike
congressintheU.S.andthePhilippines.
•TheSenate’spowersarelimited,NationalAssemblyhasthelastword
intheeventofdisagreement.

17. Government System
FRANCE
❖Legislative: National Assembly
•ThelowerhouseintheFrenchpoliticalsystemistheNationalAssembly.This
has577seatsrepresentingSigle-memberconstituencies.The2.5million
Frenchpeoplelivingabroadhavetheopportunitytovoteinoneof11
constituenciesgroupingareasoftheworldtogether.
•MembersoftheNationalAssemblyaredirectlyelectedinatwo-stagevoting
system.Acandidatewhoreceivemorethan50%ofthevoteinthefirstround
iselected.AllelectionsareheldonaSundaymorning.
•TheNationalAssemblytendstospecializingday-to-daygovernment
business.Incaseofdisagreementwiththesenate,thepositionoftheNational
Assemblyprevails.Criticshavearguedthattheassemblyisweakintermsof
settingitsownagendaandholdingtheexecutivetoaccount.

18. Government System
FRANCE
❖Legislative: Senate
•TheupperhouseintheFrenchpoliticalsystemistheSenate.Thiscurrently
hasatotalof348seats(thenumberdependsonpopulationchanges):323
representingmainlandFrance,13representingFrenchoverseasterritories,and
12representingFrenchnationalabroad.
❖Legislative: Political Party
•Frenchpoliticalhastraditionallybeencharacterizedbytwopolitically
opposedgroupingsbut,inrecentyears,thethirdforcehasemergedsothat
electionsarenoweffectivelyatriangularContest.

19. •France–memberoftheEuropeanUnion;currency-euro.Oneoftherichest
countries.
•Francehastheworld’s6largestbettersourceneededeconomybynominalfiguresby
IMFestimatefor2017.
•Francehasthe10largesteconomybyPPPfiguresandhasthe3
rd
largesteconomyin
EuropewithGermanyin1
st
.
Economy
FRANCE
•MainBusiness
-FinanceServices
-Banking
-Insurancesector
-Industries(Machinery,Chemicals,Automobiles,Aircraft,Electronics,textile,food
processing)

20. Economy
FRANCE
❖GDP ( Gross Domestic Product )

21. Economy
FRANCE
❖GNI Per Capital
38,950 (2016)

22. Economy
FRANCE
•Exports$505.4 million (2016):MachineryandEquipment,Aircraft,Plastic,
Chemicals, Pharmaceutical Products, Iron and Steel, Beverages…..
•Main Export Partners:
United Kingdom 6.9%
United States 5.6%
Netherlands 4.3%
Spain 6.9%
German 16.7%
Belgium 7.5%
Italy 7.5%

23. Economy
FRANCE
•Import $ 525.4 Billion : Machinery and Equipment, Vehicles, Crude oil,
Aircraft, Plastics, Chemicals…..
•Main Import Partner :
United Kingdom 5.1%
Spain 6.6%
Netherlands 7.4%
German 19.5%
Belgium 11.3%
Italy 7.6%
China 4.9%

24. Economy
FRANCE
Top 10 Companies ( 2016 )
The top French companies include brands like BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole, Societe
Generale, AXA Group. It also has companies like EDF, TOTAL, EADS along with
Sanofi, Renault and Orange.
Orange

25. Economy
FRANCE
❖Environment Working
-Unemployment Rate in France 9.6% ( First Semester 2017 )
-Unemployment Rate in France 10% ( 2016 )
-Activity Rate of people aged 15 –64 decreased by 0.3% (2017)
✓Gross Minimum Wage
€9,76 per hour
✓Net Minimum Wage
€1,153 per month

26. Economy
FRANCE
❖General Economic forecast (June 2017)

28. FRANCE NEWS

29. Culture and Society
FRANCE
▪Climate:
generallycoolwintersandmildsummers,butmildwintersandhotsummersalong
theMediterranean;occasionalstrong,cold,dry,north-to-northwesterlywindknownasmistral.

30. Culture and Society
FRANCE
▪EthnicMake-up:CelticandLatinwithTeutonic,Slavic,NorthAfrican,
Indochinese,Basqueminorities
▪Religions:RomanCatholic83%-88%,Protestant2%,Jewish1%,Muslim5%-10%,
unaffiliated4%
▪Government:republic

31. Culture and Society
FRANCE
•OfficialLanguageofFranceisFrench.
•88%ofpopulationspeakFrench.
•75differencelanguageinFrance.
•24oftheselanguageareEuropean.
•Restofthelanguagesincludelanguagefromthe
SouthAmerican,SouthAsianandCaribbeanregions.
•ThePolicyofFranchensuresthatthecitizenofthecountrycommunicationinFrench.
•ManyFrenchpeoplecanspeakatleastoneforeignlanguage.
Bonjour!!!
❖Language & Dialects

32. Culture and Society
FRANCE
❖Holiday and Celebration
-NewYear'sDay(Jourdel'An)
-EasterMonday(LundidePâques)
-LabourDay (FêteduTravail)
-VEDay- (FêtedelaVictoire1945)
-AscensionDay (l'Ascension)
-WhitMonday(LundidePentecôte)
-BastilleDay (FêteNationale)
-AssumptionoftheBlessedVirginMary(l'Assomption)
-AllSaints'Day(LaToussaint)
-ArmisticeDay(Armistice1918)
-ChristmasDay (Noël)

33. Culture and Society
FRANCE
❖Education
-primaryschool(école)
-middleschool(collège)
-highschool(lycée).
➢Primaryschool(école):From6–11Yearsold
Therearefivelevels:
-Courspréparatoire(CP)or11ème–age6to7yearsold
-Coursélémentaire(CE1)or10ème–age7to8yearsold
-Coursélémentaire(CE2)or9ème–age8to9yearsold
-Coursmoyen1(CM1)or8ème–9to10yearsold
-Coursmoyen2(CM2)or7ème–10to11yearsold

34. Culture and Society
FRANCE
➢Middleschool(collège):From11–15Yearsold
There are four levels:
-6ème –11 to 12 years old
-5ème –12 to 13 years old
-4ème –13 to 14 years old
-3ème –14 to 15 years old
➢Highschoolorlycée:From11–15Yearsold
The levels are:
-Seconde (CAP, BEP) –15 to 16 years old
-Première (CAP, BEP) –16 to 17 years old
-Terminale (BAC) –17 to 18 years old

35. Doing Business with
•ToshowthatsomeoneisCrazy,putyourindexfingerto
yourtempleandturnyourhandbackandforth.
•TopromiseorSweartosomething,placeyourhandontop
ofyourhead.
•Toapologizeorindicatethatyou’vemadeamistake,cover
yourmouthwithyourhands.
•Signalataxibysnappingyourfingers.
•Gesture:Foracirclewithyourthumbandforefingerand
placeitoveryournose.
•Significance:Apersonisdrunk.
•Gesture:Playinganimaginaryflute.
•Significance:Someoneistalkingtomuchandisbecoming
annoying.
❖Gestures
FRANCE

36. Doing Business with
❖Greeting
FRANCE
•Greetingpeopleyoudon’tknow–sayyournameonly.
•Say“Bonjour’’(Hello)withoutthebisou(Air-Kiss)–Ifyoudon’tknowtheperson
wellornotfriendswiththem.
•WomengreetingmenorWomentheyknow–Kisstherightcheektorightcheekandleft
cheektoleftcheek.

37. Doing Business with
❖Culture Characteristic of business
•Frenchbusinessbehavioremphasizescourtesyandadegreeofformality.
•Mutualtrustandrespectisrequiredtogetthingsdone.
•Trustisearnedthroughproperbehavior.
•Creatingawidenetworkofclosepersonalbusinessalliancesisveryimportant.
•IfyoudonotspeakFrench,anapologyfornotknowingtheirlanguagemayaidin
developingrelationship.
•Itisalwaysagoodideatolearnafewkeyphrases,sinceitdemonstratesaninterestinlong–
termrelationship.
•ThewayaFrenchpersoncommunicatesisoftenpredicatedbytheirsocialstatus,
educationlevel,andwhichpartofthecountrytheywereraised.
•InBusiness,theFranceoftenappearextremelydirectbecausetheyarenotafraidofasking
probingquestions.
•Written communication is formal. Secretaries often schedule meetings and may be used to
relay information from your French business colleagues.
FRANCE

38. Doing Business with
FRANCE
❖Business Meetings Etiquette
•Appointmentsarenecessaryandshouldbemadeatleast2weeksin
advance.
•Appointmentsmaybemadeinwritingorbytelephoneand,dependingupon
thelevelofthepersonyouaremeeting,areoftenhandledbythesecretary.
•DonottrytoschedulemeetingsduringJulyorAugust,asthisisacommon
vacationperiod.
•Ifyouexpecttobedelayed,telephoneimmediatelyandofferan
explanation.
•Meetingsaretodiscussissues,nottomakedecisions.
•Avoidexaggeratedclaims,astheFrenchdonotappreciatehyperbole.

39. Doing Business with
FRANCE
•French business emphasizes courtesy and a fair degree of formality.
•Wait to be told where to sit.
•Maintain direct eye contact while speaking.
•Business is conducted slowly. You will have to be patient and not appear ruffled by the
strict adherence to protocol.
•Avoid confrontational behavior or high-pressure tactics. It can be counterproductive.
•The French will carefully analyze every detail of a proposal, regardless of how minute.
•Business is hierarchical. Decisions are generally made at the top of the company.
•The French are often impressed with good debating skills that demonstrate an
intellectual grasp of the situation and all the ramifications.
❖Business Negotiation

40. Doing Business with
FRANCE
•Neverattempttobeoverlyfriendly.TheFrenchgenerallycompartmentalize
theirbusinessandpersonallives.
•Discussionsmaybeheatedandintense.
•High-pressuresalestacticsshouldbeavoided.TheFrencharemorereceptiveto
alow-key,logicalpresentationthatexplainstheadvantagesofaproposalinfull.
•Whenanagreementisreached,theFrenchmayinsistitbeformalizedinan
extremelycomprehensive,preciselywordedcontract.
❖Business Negotiation

41. Doing Business with
FRANCE
❖Dress Etiquette
•Businessdressisunderstatedandstylish.
•Menshouldweardark-coloured,conservativebusinesssuitsfortheinitial
meeting.Howyoudresslaterislargelydependentuponthepersonalityofthe
companywithwhichyouareconductingbusiness.
•Womenshouldweareitherbusinesssuitsorelegantdressesinsoftcolors.
•TheFrenchlikethefinerthingsinlife,soweargoodqualityaccessories.
Doing Business with

42. FRANCE
Doing Business with
•Business cards are exchanged after the initial introductions without formal ritual.
•Have the other side of your business card translated into French. Although not a
business necessity, it demonstrates an attention to detail that will be appreciated.
•Include any advanced academic degrees on your business card.
•French business cards are often a bit larger than in many other countries.
❖Business Cards

43. Reference
Link :http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Provinces/prov_intro2.shtml
Official Page : DISCOVER FRENCH
Link: http://www.studycountry.com/guide/FR-history.htm
Website Page : Spain Exchange Country Guide
Link :http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-type-of-government-
does-france-have.html
Official Page : Worldatlas
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_France
Website Page : Wikipedia
Link: http://www.bestdutchbrands.org/biggest-french-companies/
Website Page : Bestdutchbrands
Link : https://www.livescience.com/39149-french-culture.html
Official Page : Live science
Link: http://www.expatica.com/fr/education/Education-in-France_101147.html
Website Page : Expatica
FRANCE

44. Link :https://frenchtogether.com/French-greetings/
Official Page : Frenchtogether
Link: http://www.ibtimes.com/doing-business-france-8-cultural-cues-make-or-break-deal-368258
Website Page :International Business Time
Link:HTTPs://www.google.com.kh/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&met_y=ny_gdp_mk
tp_cd&idim=country:FRA:GBR:DEU&hl=en&dl=en#!ctype=l&strail=false&bcs=d&nselm=h&met
_y=ny_gdp_mktp_cd&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=region&idim=country:FRA:GBR:DEU&ifdi
m=region&tstart=-297759600000&tend=1469466000000&hl=en_US&dl=en&ind=false
Official Page : Google Public Data GDP
Link: http://www.journaldunet.com/management/salaire-cadres/1071810-smic/
Website Page : GDN
Link: http://www.oecd.org/economy/france-economic-forecast-summary.htm
Website Page : OECD
Link:http://www.focus-economics.com/blog/short-term-pain-before-long-term-gain-a-look-
at-french-labor-reform-and-economic-growth
Website Page : Focus-Economic
FRANCE
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