(FILES) Chairman of the French Confederation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (CPME) union Francois Asselin delivers a speech as he attends a social conference with trade unions and employers at the French Conseil Economique, Social et Environnemental (CESE - Economic, Social and Environmental Council) in Paris on October 16, 2023. Chairman of the French Confederation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (CPME) Francois Asselin said on July 3, 2024, that France had lost a trimestre of growth as a result of the uncertainties generated by the dissolution of the French national assembly. (Photo by Miguel MEDINA / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)