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T he power of three T ogether, governments, entrepreneurs and corporations can spur growth across the G20 The EY G20 Entrepreneurship Barometer 2013 Country profles Argentina Australia Brazil Canada China • France Germany India Indonesia Italy Japan Mexico Russia Saudi Arabia South Africa South Korea Turkey United Kingdom United States European Union France at a glance Franck Sebag Marc LhermittePartner, VC & IPO Leader, FraMaLux, EY Partner, Advisory, EY France starts hearing the call of its entrepreneurs although major obstacles remain Key facts Overall Barometer ranking Quartile 2 Population 66 million GNI per capita (PPP) US$36,460 GDP growth 0.0 % Exports as % GDP 27.0% Source: The World Bank, 2012 France has plenty of potential as a source of innovative and competitive new ventures, but has struggled to convert this into solid support for its entrepreneurs. This is an unfortunate reality for a country of this size and at this level of development (it is the ffth largest economy in the world in terms of GDP). An important part of the problem appears to be the lack of a cultural foundation for entrepreneurship. In this area, France’s entrepreneurs were much more negative than their G20 peers, according to the EY G20 Entrepreneurship Barometer 2013.