Latest update: 24/08/2010 

- debt - Economic crisis - European markets - France - French politics - Nicolas Sarkozy - pensioners - unions


French pension reform: unions ready for war?

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Thanks to France's soaring debts, the government is being forced to slash costs. With President Nicolas Sarkozy under pressure to convince financial markets that France is serious about debt control, what may please investors is certain to displease many voters. And nowhere is this more evident than the very touchy subject of pension reform.


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