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Retirement reform: “The battle starts here”

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Sarkozy’s retirement bill will be unveiled today but the papers are already aware of some details: The Government intends to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62 by 2018. This is going to be the major political issue in France in the run-up to the 2012 Presidential election, says Libération with all the political parties and unions taking firm positions. WEDNESDAY, 16th JUNE 2010

IN THE PAPERS
By James CREEDON

Articles in today’s French press review:
 
Libération: “Retirement: the fight begins”
 
Le Figaro: “Retirement at 62 in 2018”
 
L’Humanité: “Retirement reform: our stolen lives”
 
La Croix : Truth and reconciliation in Northern Ireland
 
Le Canard Enchaîné: Junior Sports Minister Rama Yade pays more for her hotel in South Africa than the French team who she criticised for the “indecency” of their luxurious lodgings in a time of crisis!

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