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France rated riskier for business disruption than Afghanistan

London-based risk analysis firm Verisk Maplecroft has put together a Civil Unrest Index that ranks almost 200 countries in terms of their exposure to protests, mass demonstrations, ethnic or religious violence.

By Sangwon Yoon, Sunny Oh | Updated on August 08, 2016
A hooded demonstrator and people march during a demonstration in Paris, Tuesday, July 5, 2016. French unions are staging what's likely to be their last show of force against a labor bill that has divided the nation and prompted the worst social unrest in years. The government says the bill, which makes it easier for companies to hire and fire employees and extend working hours, would boost hiring. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

(Bloomberg) – France is no longer France, Donald Trump said provocatively after the nation came under repeated terrorist attack. 

Now a new report casts the country as riskier for disrupting businesses than many developing nations with a history of violence and upheaval. 

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