This is from the papers a few weeks ago.

Thousands of union workers ... marched in France and Germany yesterday against any and all attempts to tweak their rigid labor rules. What a perfect demonstration that eurosclerosis, that ugly word from three decades ago, is back.

Has anyone seen this word?

Not until just now, but it's interesting! Is it defined in that article?

I hadn't heard of it before. Here is a very brief discussion of it in Wikipedia.

I am wondering if our British compatriots know of it.

FWIW dep't ...

I got 43,300 Google hits on entering eurosclerosis.

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Originally posted by jerry thomas:
FWIW dep't ...

I got 43,300 Google hits on entering eurosclerosis.

Serves you right for even thinking of investigating such an ugly word, though I only found 28,000 Google hits. Definition of Eurosclerosis: Eurosclerosis is a name for the 'disease' of rigid, slow-moving labor markets in Europe in contrast to fast-moving markets, e.g. in North America.
I am sure that fast movement of the US markets is the best way of disposing of such nasty materialism of what they call 'Econterms'.

I've heard of the disease before, but not come across the word. Certainly the labour laws in France and Germany are known to be inflexible and parochial. At least here in the UK Margaret Thatcher stopped most of that nonsense, even if she did plenty of other less desirable things.

So it's the British connection that makes Airbus Industrie so good at kicking Boeing's tail feathers? France plays an obstructionist part? They aren't really assembled in Toulouse, but in Birmingham, then flown to France for unveiling?