'France is finished' but what about Germany?

‘France is finished’ but what about Germany?

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John Lewis' managing director found himself in hot water recently when he launched a tirade against France during an after-dinner speech.

Feeling disgruntled after a delayed Eurostar journey, Andy Street slammed the country as “sclerotic, hopeless, and downbeat”, and advised businesses with assets in France to “get them out quickly”. He concluded with the statement: “France is finished”, which caused uproar when various news outlets began to report it, leading Street to later issue an apology. France’s Prime Minister Manuel Valls referred to the comments in a speech he made in London a few days later, in which he emphasised France’s pro-business agenda and said he wants to transform the country into an “economic powerhouse...

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