I dunno if you can extrapolate what sort of an effect this will have on the VFX industry due to the pretty widespread ramifications any sort of radical departure from the norm may have on any number of industries. In a vacuum it may very well be something that would have more work head overseas to enjoy cheaper labor, but when you remove it from the vacuum it becomes a bit difficult to see anything clearly. Too many variables flying around at once.

If you live there and you're an effects guy and you think this will end up driving more work your way, then now's the time to set up shop and try to cater directly to that new market. If you have an effects house and you're expecting a lot more outsourced work coming your way, now might be a good time to hire more people and expand. Of course, if you're wrong then you basically just bankrupted your company.

Honestly, the VFX / film industry never entered my mind at all when thinking about what's going on in europe. Definitely something to keep an eye on.

I honestly haven't thought much about economics like this at all, so if I sound like a moron, you can just chalk that up to me being from the US. We live in our own little vacuum.

... besides, we elected our own communist / socialist president a few years ago and so far he's done nothing but drive our economy, traditions and morality into the ground. Good luck, France. Keep a close eye on the purity of your bodily fluids, etc, etc.

I hear it's where onions come from.

Representing the French in this community, I will say that... yeah I have no idea.

I'm just glad Sarkozy got kicked out. Let's all have foie gras and a Pinot Noir.