France is not just a trial. It's the current working hours law, since 2000. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35-hour_workweek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35-hour

France is not just a trial. It's the current working hours law, since 2000. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35-hour_workweek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35-hour_workweek And it hasn't been a massive success, except that employees mostly like it. But the unemployment level is roughly the same 10 % as it was before 2000, and the last time French government did not have budget deficit is still 1974.