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Should we allow the opening of shops on Sunday?

early March 2008. The company Ikea was forced to pay 450,000 euros fine after opening their store Pontoise three consecutive Sundays in November 2007. (Source LCI.fr) This case is just one example among many: many other brands are having to pay fines following a Sunday opening their shops. For example, most stores Virgin of Paris even prefer to pay a fine rather than routinely close their doors that day.
Should we allow the opening of shops on Sunday? The debate seems still valid, and divided the opinions of French. According to various surveys, while 55 to 70% of French are in favor of Sunday opening of their favorite stores, 75% of these same people do not want to work on Sundays, which represents in their eyes one day most of the week devoted to rest, family life and leisure. In fact, according to Robert Rochefort, director of Research Center for the Study and Observation of Living Conditions (Credoc), "public opinion is schizophrenic, contradictory and volatile." Indeed, in April 2006, 75% of Paris region are in favor of opening shops on Sundays (Ipsos) and three months later, in June 2006, 75% of French people oppose any opening (BVA survey). This behavior is uncertain due to the fact that the consumer and the worker are often one and the same person.
But actually said that the law on Sunday opening? Why the Sunday opening of stores is more problematic than the opening of a sawmill, for example? Which proposals offer the state?
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