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Over the years, the solidarity (as opposed to a system of contributions) has gradually developed in the French system, which the foundation remains the concept of insurance. However, the desire to establish a universal system has faced opposition. This explains why the French welfare system is plural, with a wide variety of actors.
All asylum seekers must have entered French territory before starting their formal application, otherwise it cannot be accepted. [3] To satisfy this condition, applicants can either request a special visa for asylum application from a French embassy/console or get a temporary visa for up to 8 days at the crossing point of the French border.
While private medical care exists in France, the 75% of doctors who are in the national program provide care free to the patient, with costs being reimbursed from government funds. [22] [23] Like most countries, France faces problems of rising costs of prescription medication, increasing unemployment, and a large aging population. [24]
Originally a phonetic form of the French word parcours, which means "a run, a route" Also known as, or the predecessor to, "free running", developed by Sébastien Foucan. parole 1) (in linguistics) speech, more specifically the individual, personal phenomenon of language; see langue and parole .
The "idéal républicain" (republican ideal) intends to achieve equality in rights between French citizens. To this end, in the national census, the collection of statistics regarding ethnicity or religion is forbidden. This has led to some debate over the decline of indigenous minority languages and identity in the French Republic.
Raison d'être / ˌ r eɪ z ɒ̃ ˈ d ɛ t r ə / is a French expression commonly used in English, meaning "reason for being" or "reason to be." Raison d'être may ...
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (French: Déclaration des droits de l'Homme et du citoyen de 1789), set by France's National Constituent Assembly in 1789, is a human and civil rights document from the French Revolution; the French title can also be translated in the modern era as "Declaration of Human and Civic Rights".