Held in November 1998 by Jean-Marie Bockel to the National Assembly summed up the question of the legitimacy of the role of the state in an area primarily characterized by individual initiative, dynamism and local solidarity. For nearly a decade, the rate of business creation has steadily declined in France. He finally marks a resumption in 1999 _ about 170,000 new businesses were created last year against 166,000 last year _ under the effect of improving economic conditions. But this level is still low and feature a weakness in our economy. However, it is neither inevitable nor related to the lack of means..
The shared objective of French families for their children is above all that a good education for access to the public or to a position in a large company. In the 60s and 70s, the public and private companies have been enriched by young well-trained in a context of low unemployment. At the same time, mass production enabled the hiring of those who lacked access to higher education. Contrary to what one might expect, the years of crisis have few leads to more frequent choice of entrepreneurship. We attended the contrary, the decline of economic activities in downtowns, neighborhoods, and rural areas, while youth unemployment hit record highs.