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The leader is one thing but that attitude goes down in their entire administration. It's not uncommon for the French to take 2 weeks to process paperwork just because the officer in charge is away on golf/summit/fishing trip since the big boss is away anyway.
Europe is so slow our diplomatic officers who are used to working 7am-10pm got frustrated by the slow work that the woman often call their husband to come over to get them pregnant. In the constant struggle to remain competitive Singapore is used as our measuring stick but Europe work as slow as snails while talking about competitiveness.