The French Senate began debate Tuesday on a law that would mark a significant cultural shift — allowing many more shops across the country to open on Sundays.
French debate relaxing Sunday shopping ban
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France set to relax Sunday shopping ban
The French are in for a significant cultural shift next week if the Senate approves a new law from President Nicolas Sarkozy to allow more shops to open on Sundays. What seems routine in much of the Western world has been fiercely resisted in France, where Sundays have officially been set aside as a day of rest for more than a century and where a 35-hour workweek remains the norm.