Let them eat baguette: French bakeries enjoy May Day exemption

French bakeries sold crusty baguettes and flaky croissants with government backing Friday, defying labour unions arguing that May 1 should remain a sacred day of compulsory rest. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu ordered several baguettes in front of the cameras in the village of Saint-Julien-Chapte...

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