Sarkozy’s 100 steps to slimmer government

French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, unveiled on the 12 December 2007 nearly 100 measures to streamline France’s cumbersome public administration, cut costs and provide more consumer-friendly services to business and the public.

The measures, the interim findings of a comprehensive audit of ministerial functions and resources, could amount to the most ambitious reform in 50 years of one of the costliest government bureaucracies in Europe.