I think they're wrong. It's exactly the contrary. The 35-hour week is a way to push unions and business to discuss together. That's the way to open negotiations. There will be other elements with the 35-hour week, such as wage moderation and the modulation of working time.
Negotiation is the contrary of rigidity.
The proof of that is that foreign investment is still very high. I was at a new IBM plant two months ago. They had to choose between Poland, the U.K. and France. They said the tax situation is not the best in France. Probably the best solution would be to have the same countries attending the G-7, plus the president of the European Central Bank.