Demographics of France (otherwise an 11.5% increase from 2009 figures). In July 2006, President Sarkozy put into effect a law on immigration based upon the notion of "chosen immigration", which allows immigration into France to a restricted field of employment sectors, notably the hotel and restaurant industries, construction and seasonal employment. The following summer of 2007, Sarkozy amended the law to require the acquisition of the French language as a pre-condition. According to Christophe Bertossi, immigration expert in France's Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI), "there is a dominant trend in the French policy to stem family migration, notably conditioned after the 2007
France at the 1980 Summer Olympics France at the 1980 Summer Olympics France competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, France competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag. 121 competitors, 98 men and 23 women, took part in 85 events in 13 sports. Men's 100 metres Men's 200 metres Men's 800 metres Men's 1,500 metres Men's Marathon Men's 4x400 metres Relay Men's 50 km Walk Men's High Jump Men's Long Jump Men's Triple Jump Men's Pole Vault Women's 100 metres Women's 100 m Hurdles Women's Pentathlon Men's Bantamweight (–