We're not lazy! We just like to sleep and eat good things.
Their reputation for good living is legendary. But now the French may get a name for simply being lazy.
The leisure-lovers sleep as much as nine hours a night - more than any other nation in the world.
This is at least half-an-hour more than the average Briton, and more than an hour longer than the average Japanese and Korean.
And when they do finally get out of bed, the French will spend up to two hours a day sitting down to eat, according to figures released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - which is based in Paris.
Again, this is more than any other country, at least half-an-hour more than the average Briton, and a full hour more than the average Mexican.
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