"Let them eat cake!"

French Finance Minister Thierry Breton has said that the European Union Working Time Directive has forced up the price of a baguette. It has risen by 23 percent over the past five years

"The cost of the 35-hour week is included in the rise of the price of a baguette since 2001, and this has been hidden too much from the French," Breton told L'Express magazine in an interview published on Tuesday.
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