This article is pretty interesting because I was not aware there was some notion of French being lazy at all. In fact, as the author mentions, the fact that sta

This article is pretty interesting because I was not aware there was some notion of French being lazy at all. In fact, as the author mentions, the fact that stats show that French work longer then they should, is definitely an indication of their wanting to work hard. Hopefully overworking is not negatively affecting other areas of their lives. I think that underdeveloped countries will always have overworked people willing to overwork (perhaps underpaid too), but developed countries give people the opportunity to work what they are paid for and step up to the occasion when needed - not forcefully, but because you want to and you can.