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Comfy slippers for Socialists?

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Are they too cosy in their slippers now they are in power? Left-wing daily Libération suggests they could be. The paper is talking about the ruling Socialists as they start their annual conference in La Rochelle in the Charente, a region known for its traditional grandpa-style moccasins. That's the focus for this look at the French press for Friday 24th August, 2012.

IN THE PAPERS
By Nicholas RUSHWORTH
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It's time to force feed Greece.

by Anonyme - 24/08/2012 - 11:42

Greece can only be helped, when it is possible for Greeks and others, to invest in Greece. The help can commence by the Greeks implementing a plan based on what the Germans would do, if the Germans were in charge of Greece. Much of the ongoing trouble could have been avoided, had Greeks and/or others who were finding it difficult or impossible to invest in Greece, taken Greece to the EU's competition commission.

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