Americanexpatinfrance's Blog

CNN published an article giving insight into why for expats, France is a paradise (despite domestic problems):

Bindi Dupouy, an Australian living in Paris, and her French husband, just had their first child, a son born in the country. Dupouy, a 28-year-old lawyer, got almost five months paid maternity leave from her company for the birth. She can take another seven months off beyond that — a year total — unpaid, if she wants, with her job guaranteed under French law….One of the reasons France keeps winning the ranking is its world-class health care system, which Dupouy just experienced first-hand……
“They treat expecting mums like treasures here,” Dupouy told CNN from her Paris apartment. “They take really good care of you. The health care system is just amazing.” She said she wouldn’t have gotten the same maternity leave — or care — back home in Australia…

Let the debate continue….