Mar 24 2008
Record Numbers of French Settling in UK
I was reading an interesting article in yesterday’s Observer about the number of French people who are choosing to live in the UK. Most of them are here because employment prospects are much better here in the UK, and setting up a business is such a bureaucratic nightmare in France.
I have several French friends over here and their main reason for staying is work. One friend has been looking to return to France but hasn’t found any jobs anywhere near as good as his job here, so it’s just not worth moving. Another friend has a high flying job over here and knows she would never have got such a well paid job back in France. Another friend of mine’s husband works in the States as a software engineer, no doubt earning far more there than he ever would back in France.
There are many positive things about France such as the quality of life, traditions, food, beautiful countryside that are so appealing to us Brits. I think many more of us would like to live in France if it weren’t for the fact that earning money could be so difficult (including me!). Just have to make do with holidays there for the time being!
[...] This follows on from my last post that more and more French people are choosing to relocate to the U… because work opportunities are so much better. For them, perhaps it’s not so much ‘vive la France’, but ‘vive l’Angleterre’! I Love Social BookmarkingSubscribeDiggdel.icio.usStumbleUpon [...]